Robert Polito

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1951 –

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Who is Robert Polito?

Robert Polito is an American academic, critic and poet. In 2013, Polito was named the president of the Poetry Foundation. He had been Director of the Writing Program at The New School since 1992. He received the National Book Critics Circle Award and an Edgar Award for Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson.

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Born
Oct 27, 1951
Boston
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, Harvard University
    English and American Literature
  • English Language
Lived in
  • New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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