Karl Kirchwey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Karl Kirchwey

American writer

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1956

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Karl Kirchwey

  • Karl Kirchwey (born February 25, 1956) is an award–winning American poet who has lived in both Europe and the United States and whose work is strongly influenced by the Greek and Roman past.
  • He often looks to the classical world for inspiration, with themes which have included loss, loneliness, nostalgia, and modern atrocities, and how the past relates to the present.
  • While he is best known for his poems, he also is a book reviewer, award-winning teacher of creative writing, translator, arts administrator, literary curator, and advocate for writers and writing.
  • He was director of the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y for 13 years, directed and taught in the Creative Writing Program at Bryn Mawr College from 2000 to 2010, served as Andrew Heiskell Arts Director at the American Academy in Rome from 2010 to 2013, and is currently professor and director of the MFA Program in creative writing at Boston University.

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