Geoffrey Brock
Geoffrey Brock's first collection, Weighing Light (Ivan R. Dee, 2005), received the 2004 New Criterion Prize. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The Paris Review, The New England Review, The Hudson Review, and 32 Poems. He has received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship and an NEA Fellowship for his poetry, as well as several major awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, for his translations, which include books by Cesare Pavese, Roberto Calasso, and Umberto Eco. He is on the faculty of the Programs in Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Arkansas.Posted on June 29, 2005 2:06 PM