Ben Lerner | |
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Born | Topeka, Kansas, U.S. | February 4, 1979
Education | Brown University (BA, MFA) |
Genre | Poetry, novels, essays |
Notable awards | Fulbright Scholar Guggenheim Fellowship Believer Book Award MacArthur Fellowship |
Benjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979)[1] is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic. The recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, Lerner has been a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among many other honors.[2][3] Lerner teaches at Brooklyn College, where he was named a Distinguished Professor of English in 2016.[4]
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