Clayton Eshleman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Clayton Eshleman

American poet

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1935

Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Profession: writer, poet, translator, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Clayton Eshleman (born June 1, 1935) is an American poet, translator, and editor, noted in particular for his translations of César Vallejo and his studies of cave painting and the Paleolithic imagination.
Eshleman's work has been awarded with the National Book Award for Translation, the Landon Translation prize from the Academy of American Poets (twice), a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry, two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Rockefeller Study Center residency in Bellagio, Italy, among other awards and honors.