Forrest Gander (born 1956) is an

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, translator, essayist, and novelist. The A.K. Seaver Professor Emeritus of Literary Arts & Comparative Literature at

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, Gander won the

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in 2019 for ''Be With'' and is chancellor of the

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and a member of the

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Early life

Born in

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, Forrest Gander grew up in

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, where he and his two sisters were raised by their single mother, an elementary school teacher. The four shared a two-room apartment in Annandale. Gander's estranged father ran The Mod Scene, a bar on

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, New York City. With his mother and sisters, Gander began to travel extensively on summer road trips around the United States. The traveling, which never stopped, came to inform his interest in landscapes, languages, and cultures. Forrest and his two sisters were adopted by Walter J. Gander soon after Walter Gander's marriage to their mother, nee Ruth Clare Cockerille. Gander earned a B.S. in geology from the

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and an M.A. in creative writing from

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Career

A writer of multiple genres, Gander is noted for his many collaborations with other artists, including

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. He is a

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and the recipient of fellowships from the

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, the

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, the

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, The Whiting Foundation, and the Howard Foundation. In 2017, he was elected as a Chancellor to the

and in 2019, he was awarded

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in poetry. He taught at

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and at

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before becoming the Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of Literary Arts and Comparative Literatures at Brown University in

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Writing and translation

David Kirby, writing in ''The New York Times Book Review'' notes that, "It isn't long before the ethereal quality of these poems begins to remind you of similar effects in the work of T. S. Eliot and the 17th century Anglo-Welsh mystic

Henry Vaughan Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfor ...

....In the midst of such questioning, the only reality is the poet's unflinchingly curious mind." Noting the frequency and particularity of Gander's references to ecology and landscape,

Robert Hass Robert L. Hass (born March 1, 1941) is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He won the 2007 National Book Award and shared the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for the collection ''Time and Materials: Poems 1997 ...

, former U.S.

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, calls him "a Southern poet of a relatively rare kind, a restlessly experimental writer." Gander's book ''Core Samples from the World'' was a finalist for 2012

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and the 2011

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".John Kinsella, Gander wrote the cross-genre book ''Redstart: an Ecological Poetics.'' ''Be With'', published in 2018 by New Directions, was awarded the 2019

in poetry and was longlisted for the 2018

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. It is an

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collection of poetry and testament to his anguish over the death of his wife. Gander eventually decided to stop reading publicly from the collection so as not to "perform his grief." The subjects of Gander's formally innovative essays range from snapping turtles to translation to literary hoaxes. His critical essays have appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2008, New Directions published ''As a Friend,'' Gander's novel of a gifted man, a land surveyor, whose impact on those around him provokes an atmosphere of intense self-examination and eroticism. In ''The New York Times Book Review'',

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praised ''As a Friend'' as "a strange and beautiful novel.... haunting and haunted." ''As a Friend'' has been published in translation in half a dozen foreign editions. In 2014, New Directions released Gander's second novel ''The Trace,'' about a couple who, researching the last journey of Civil War writer

Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book ''The Devil's Dictionary'' was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by t ...

, find themselves lost in the

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. ''

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'' called it a "carefully crafted novel of intimacy and isolation." In ''

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'', Robyn Creswell commented "Gander's landscapes are lyrical and precise ("raw gashed mountains, gnarly buttes of

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"), and his study of a marriage on the rocks is as empathetic as it is unsparing." Gander is a translator who has edited several anthologies of poetry from Spain, Mexico, and Latin America. In addition, Gander has translated distinct volumes by Mexican poets

Pura López Colomé Pura López Colomé (born November 6, 1952) is a Mexican poet and translator. She has contributed to various magazines and cultural supplements with poetry, essays, and translations of poetry and prose from English into Spanish. Her awards include ...

Coral Bracho Coral Bracho (born 1951 in Mexico City) is a Mexican poet, translator, and doctor of Literature. Bracho is winner of the Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize in 1981 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000. She received the 2004 Xavier Villaurrutia ...

(for which he was a

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finalist for ''Firefly Under the Tongue''), Valerie Mejer Caso, and Alfonso D'Aquino, another poet connected with

ecopoetry Ecopoetry is poetry with a strong ecological emphasis or message. Many poets, poems and books of poems have expressed ecological concerns; but only recently has the term ''ecopoetry'' gained use. There is now, in English-speaking poetry, a recogn ...

. With Kyoko Yoshida, Gander translated ''Spectacle & Pigsty: Selected Poems of Kiwao Nomura'', winner of the 2012

Best Translated Book Award The Best Translated Book Award is an American literary award that recognizes the previous year's best original translation into English, one book of poetry and one of fiction. It was inaugurated in 2008 and is conferred by Three Percent, the onlin ...

; in 2016, New Directions published ''Alice Iris Red Horse'', selected poems of Yoshimasu Gozo, edited by Gander. The second book of his translations, with

Kent Johnson Kent Johnson (1955 – October 25, 2022) was an American poet, translator, critic, and anthologist. His work, much of it meta-fictional and/or satirical in approach, has provoked a notable measure of controversy and debate within English-languag ...

, of Bolivian poet Jaime Saenz, ''The Night'' (Princeton, 2007), received a PEN Translation Award. Gander's critically acclaimed translations of the Chilean Nobel Laureate

Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...

are included in ''The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems'' (

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, 2004). In 2016,

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released "Then Come Back: the Lost Neruda," a bilingual edition of Gander's translations of twenty previously unknown and unseen Neruda poems. In 2018, Gander became a reviewer with New York Journal of Books.

Collaborations and editorial work

Gander has worked with artists Ann Hamilton and

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, photographers

Lucas Foglia Lucas Foglia (born 1983) is an American photographer, living in San Francisco. "His work is concerned mainly with documenting people and their relationship to nature", for which he has travelled extensively making landscape photography and portrai ...

Sally Mann Sally Mann HonFRPS (born Sally Turner Munger; May 1, 1951) is an American photographer who has made large format black and white photographs—at first of her young children, then later of landscapes suggesting decay and death. Early life and e ...

Graciela Iturbide Graciela Iturbide (born May 16, 1942) is a Mexican photographer. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is included in many major museum collections such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The J. Paul Getty Museum. Biograp ...

Peter Lindbergh Peter Lindbergh (born Peter Brodbeck; 23 November 1944 – 3 September 2019) was a German fashion photographer and film director. He had studied arts in Berlin and Krefeld, and exhibited his works before graduation. In 1971, he turned to photo ...

, Michael Flomen, and

Raymond Meeks Raymond Meeks (born 1963) is an American photographer. "Much of his work focuses on memory and place, and captures daily life with his family." He has published a number of books including ''Pretty Girls Wander'' (2011) which "chronicles his daught ...

, ceramics artists Ashwini Bhat and Richard Hirsch, dancers

, painter Tjibbe Hooghiemstra, glass artist Michael Rogers, musicians

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and Brady Earnhart, and others. Along with

CD Wright Carolyn D. Wright (January 6, 1949 – January 12, 2016) was an American poet. She was a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island. Background C. D. Wright was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas, to a chancery ju ...

, Gander was a co-editor of

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. Its stated mi ...

for twenty years, soliciting, editing, and publishing books by more than thirty writers, including

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Kamau Brathwaite The Honourable Edward Kamau Brathwaite, CHB (; 11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020), was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon.Staff (2011)"Kamau Brathwaite." New York University, D ...

Arthur Sze Arthur Sze (; ; born December 1, 1950) is an American poet, translator, and professor. Since 1972, he has published ten collections of poetry. Sze's ninth collection ''Compass Rose'' (2014) was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Sz ...

Fanny Howe Fanny Howe (born October 15, 1940 in Buffalo, New York) is an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Howe has written more than 20 books of poetry and prose. Her major works include poetry such as ''One Crossed Out'', ''Gone'', and ''S ...

, Steve Stern, Josie Foo,

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, and Zuleyka Benitez.

Personal life

Gander was married to poet

. Together the couple raised a son. Wright's sudden death in 2016 precipitated Gander's book ''Be With.'' Gander lives now in Northern California. He is married to the artist Ashwini Bhat.

Selected publications

Poetry collections * ''Knot'' (Copper Canyon, 2022) * ''Twice Alive'' (New Directions, 2021) * ''Be With'' (New Directions, 2018) * ''Eiko & Koma'' (New Directions, 2013). , * ''Core Samples from the World'' (New Directions, 2011). , * '' Eye Against Eye'' (New Directions, 2005). , * ''The Blue Rock Collection'' (Salt Publishing, 2004). , * ''Torn Awake'' (New Directions, 2001). , * ''Science & Steepleflower'' (New Directions, 1998). * ''Deeds of Utmost Kindness'' (Wesleyan University Press, 1994). * ''Lynchburg'' (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993). * ''Rush to the Lake'' (Alice James Books, 1988). Chapbooks * ''A Sonnet of Mudras'' with Ashwini Bhat (Literarium, Third Man Books, 2021). * ''Eggplants and Lotus Root'' (Burning Deck Press, 1991). , Novels * ''The Trace'' (New Directions, 2014). , * ''As a Friend'' (New Directions, 2008). Collaborative works * ''Redstart: An Ecological Poetics'' (University of Iowa Press, 2012) collaboration with John Kinsella. , * ''Las Canchas'' (Blue Star Contemporary, 2009), collaboration with photographer Daniel Borris. * ''Twelve X 12:00'' (Philip Elchers, 2003), collaboration with artist Tjibbe Hooghiemstra. * ''Sound of Summer Running'' (

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, 2005), collaboration with photographer Raymond Meeks. Essay collections * ''A Faithful Existence: Reading, Memory and Transcendence'' (Counterpoint, 2005). In translation *''Essere Con''. Italian translation of ''Be With''. (Benway Series, Italy, 2020). *''Bądź Blisko''. Polish translation of ''Be With''. (Lokator,Kraków, 2020). *''Poesie Scelte''. Italian translation of poems from ''Be With''. (La Camera Verde, Rome, 2019). *''Beckoned''. Chinese translation of poems from ''Be With''. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong, 2019). *''Estar Con''. Spanish translation of ''Be With''. (Mangos de Hacha, Mexico City, 2019). *''Está Con''. Spanish translation of ''Be With''. (Libros de la resistencia, Madrid, 2019). *''Eiko & Koma''. Japanese translation of ''Eiko & Koma''. (Awai LLC, Tokyo, 2019). *''İz''. Turkish translation of ''The Trace''. (Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, Ankara, 2019). *''El Rastro''. Spanish translation of ''The Trace''. (Sexto Piso, Mexico City & Barcelona, 2016). *''Le Trace''. French translation of ''The Trace''. (Sabine Wespieser Editeur, Paris, 2016). *''Eiko & Koma y otros poemas''. Spanish translation of selected poems. (Libros Magenta, Mexico D.F., 2016). *''Şairin Vedasi''. Turkish translation of ''As a Friend''. (Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, Ankara, 2019). *''Como Amigo''. Spanish translation of ''As a Friend''. (Sexto Piso Editorial, Mexico City & Barcelona, 2013). *''Ligaduras''. A work of selected poems in Spanish translation. (Ventana Abierta Editorial, Santiago, Chile, 2011). *''Als es dich gab. Roman''. German translation of ''As a Friend''. (Luxbooks, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010). *''Libreto para eros''. A work of selected poems in Spanish translation. (Amargord, Madrid, 2010). *''En Ami''. French translation of ''As a Friend''. (Sabine Wespieser Editeur, Paris, 2010). *''Като приятел''. Bulgarian translation of ''As a Friend''. (Altera, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2010). Translations * ''Names & Rivers'' by Shuri Kido (Copper Canyon, 2022) with Tomoyuki Endo. * ''It Must Be a Misunderstanding'' by Coral Bracho (New Directions, 2022). * ''Dylan and the Whales'' by Maria Baranda, ''The New World Written: Selected Poems'' (Yale University Press, 2021). * ''The Galloping Hour: French Poems'' by Alejandra Pizarnik (New Directions, 2018) with Patricio Ferrari. * ''Then Come Back : the Lost Neruda Poems'' (Copper Canyon Press, 2016) , * ''Alice Iris Red Horse: Selected Poems of

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'' (New Directions, 2016). * ''Berlin: Stories by Aleš Šteger'' (Counterpath Press, 2015) with Brian Henry & Aljaž Kovac. * ''Rain of the Future: Poems by Valerie Mejer Caso'' edited by CD Wright (Action Books, 2014). * ''fungus skull eye wing: selected poems of Alfonso D'Aquino'' (Copper Canyon, 2013). * ''Watchword, by Pura Lopez Colome'' (Wesleyan University Press, 2012). * ''Spectacle & Pigsty: Selected Poems of Kiwao Nomura'' (Omnidawn, 2011) with Kyoko Yoshida. * ''Firefly Under the Tongue: Selected Poems of

'' (New Directions, 2008). * ''The Night: A Poem by Jaime Saenz'' (Princeton University Press, 2007) with

. , * ''No Shelter: Selected Poems of Pura Lopez Colome'' (Graywolf Press, 2002). * ''Immanent Visitor: Selected Poems of Jaime Saenz'' (University of California Press, 2002) with

. Anthologies edited * ''Pinholes in the Night: Essential Poems from Latin America Selected by Raúl Zurita'' (Copper Canyon, 2013). * ''Panic Cure: Poems from Spain for the 21st Century'' (Seismicity Editions in USA; Shearsman Editions in UK, 2013). * ''Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico'' (Sarabande Books, 2006). , * ''Mouth to Mouth: Poems by Twelve Contemporary Mexican Women'' (Milkweed Editions, 1993). ,

Awards and honors

*National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry (1989, 2001) * Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative North American Poetry (1997, 1993) * Whiting Foundation Award, 1997 * Jessica Nobel Maxwell Memorial Prize (from ''American Poetry Review,'' 1998) * Pushcart Prize, 2000 * PEN Translation Fund Grant from PEN American Center, 2004 * Howard Foundation Award, 2005 * Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 2008 * United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship, 2008 * Library of Congress Witter Bynner Fellowship, 2011 * Best Translated Book Award 2012 * National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, 2011 * Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 2012 * National Book Award Longlist 2018 * Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2019

References

External links

* Forrest Gander Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Profile at The New Yorker
by Dan Chiasson
'Paul Magee Interviews Forrest Gander'
in ''Cordite Poetry Review''
Author WebsiteProfile at The Whiting Foundation

Review of ''Core Samples from the World''
by Justin Wadland at

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Audio: Gander reading at the Key West Literary Seminar in 2003

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Audio: ''The East Village Poetry Web''

Video: Gander Reading and Lecture at U. of Chicago, 2006Audio: "Lichen Doesn't Die," interview on the Poetry Off the Shelf podcast, 2019.
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