Forrest Gander
Providence, RI
TRANSLATES: Spanish
Born in the Mojave Desert in Barstow, California, Forrest Gander grew up in Virginia and spent significant periods in San Francisco, Dolores Hidalgo (Mexico), and Eureka Springs, Arkansas before moving to Rhode Island. He holds degrees in both English literature and geology.
The author of numerous books of poetry, including Eye Against Eye, Torn Awake, and Science & Steepleflower, all from New Directions, Gander also writes novels (As a Friend, forthcoming 2008 from New Directions), essays (A Faithful Existence) and translates. His most recent translations are Firefly Under the Tongue: Selected Poems of Coral Bracho, No Shelter: Selected Poems of Pura Lopez-Colome, and, with Kent Johnson, two books by the Bolivian wunderkind Jaime Saenz: The Night and Immanent Visitor: Selected Poems of Jaime Saenz .
Gander's poems appear in many literary magazines in the U.S. and abroad, and have been translated into half a dozen languages. Several books in translation are available in Mexico (Zumba al Transcurrir: Poemas Selectados and Arrancado del Sueno), Chile (Traduciendo a Saenz y Otros Poemas), and the Netherlands (Twelve X 12:00). He has received two Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative North American Poetry, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and awards from The Fund for Poetry, The Howard Foundation, and The Whiting Foundation. With poet C.D. Wright and their son, Brecht, Gander lives in Rhode Island. As Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Brown University, he teaches courses on phenomenology and poetics, Asian & American poetries, and translation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Translations:
Firefly Under the Tongue: Selected Poems of Coral Bracho, New Directions, 2008.
Mouth to Mouth: Poems by 12 Contemporary Mexican Women, Milkweed Editions, 1993.
No Shelter: Selected Poems of Pura Lopez Colome, Graywolf Press, 2002.
Immanent Visitor: Selected Poems of Jaime Saenz, (with Kent Johnson). University of California Press, 2003.
The Night: A Poem by Jaime Saenz, (with Kent Johnson). Princeton University Press, 2006.
Novel:
As a Friend, New Directions, 2008.
Poetry:
Eye Against Eye, New Directions, 2005.
Torn Awake, New Directions, 2001.
Science & Steepleflower, New Directions, 1998.
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