Ben Lerner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ben Lerner

poet

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1979

Place of Birth: Topeka, Kansas, United States

Profession: writer, poet, university teacher, novelist, essayist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Benjamin S.
Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic.
He has been a Fulbright Scholar, a finalist for the National Book Award, a Howard Foundation Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and he is currently a MacArthur Fellow.
In 2011 he won the "Preis der Stadt Münster für internationale Poesie", making him the first American to receive this honor.
Lerner teaches at Brooklyn College, where he was named a Distinguished Professor of English in 2016.