Researching Gerald Stern
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 285 people with the Stern surname? In that year Stern was ranked number 3294 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gerald means "Spear Warrior" and is of Teutonic origin.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1091 people with the Stern surname in the UK? Stern is now ranked number 3024 for popularity in the UK. |
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Gerald Stern
Gerald Stern (born February 22, 1925) is an American poet, essayist and educator. The author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays, Stern has taught literature and creative writing at Temple University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Raritan Valley Community College, and Iowa Writers' Workshop. Since 2009, Stern has been distinguished poet-in-residence and a member of the faculty of Drew University's graduate programme for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry.
Stern is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University and has 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 as a finalist in 1991 for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Leaving Another Kingdom: Selected Poems. In 2000, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman appointed Stern as the state's first poet laureate.
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