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Cole Swensen is the author of seventeen volumes of poetry and critical essays, with her work 'Walking' (Nightboat Books, 2017) among the recognized collections. She has garnered numerous awards including the Iowa Poetry Prize, the San Francisco State Poetry Center Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award twice, in addition to winning the Los Angeles Book Award. A Guggenheim Fellow in 2007, she co-edited the 2009 Norton anthology 'American Hybrid' and is a founding editor of the translation press 'La Presse'. Swensen is renowned for her translation of contemporary French poetry, prose, and art criticism, winning the 2004 PEN USA Award for Literary Translation. With prior teaching experience at the University of Denver and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has brought her expertise to Brown University, where her poetry research intersects with visual arts and historical subjects.
Department: Department of Economics