Richard Foerster

Born:	October 29, 1949 Bronx, New York
Occupation:	Poet/Editor/Typesetter
Nationality:	American

Richard Foerster (born October 29, 1949) is an award-winning American poet, who currently serves as editor of Chautauqua Literary Journal and was a long-time editor at Chelsea. He received a B.A. in English Literature from Fordham College and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Virginia.

Foerster's works have appeared in Poetry, The Nation, The New England Review, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, The Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, The Southern Review, among many others.

Served on the staff of Chelsea magazine beginning in 1978; became editor in 1994 and served in that position until 2001. Currently, Richard Foerster is the editor of the Chautauqua Literary Journal.

He divides his time between York, Maine and Aventura, Florida.

Publications

Author:
The Burning of Troy (BOA Editions, 2006)[1]
Double Going (BOA Editions, 2002)[2]
Trillium (BOA Editions, 1998)[3]
Patterns of Descent (Orchises Press, 1993)[4]
Sudden Harbor (Orchises Press, 1992)[5]

Awards & Honors

Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship (2000/2001)
Camargo Foundation Fellowship (1999)[6]
Hawthornden Fellowship (1997)
Maine Arts Commission Fellowship (1997)
National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowship (1995)
Bess Hokin Prize (1992)
"Discovery"/The Nation Award (1985)

External Links

BOA Editions biography
Fordham Magazine review of Double Going

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