Gerald Stern

Gerald Stern
Stern at the Miami Book Fair International in 2011
Born	(1925-02-22)February 22, 1925 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 27, 2022(2022-10-27) (aged 97) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Poet essayist educator
Education	University of Pittsburgh (BA) Columbia University (MA) University of Paris
Spouse	Patricia Miller ​ ​ (m. 1952, divorced)​
Partner	Anne Marie Macari
Children	2

Gerald Daniel Stern (February 22, 1925 – October 27, 2022) was an American poet, essayist, and educator. The author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays, he taught literature and creative writing at Temple University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Raritan Valley Community College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. From 2009 until his death, he was a distinguished poet-in-residence and faculty member of Drew University's graduate program for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry.

Stern was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University and attended the University of Paris for post-graduate study. He received the National Book Award for Poetry in 1998 for This Time: New and Selected Poems and was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1991 for Leaving Another Kingdom: Selected Poems. In 2000, Governor Christine Todd Whitman appointed him the first Poet Laureate of New Jersey.