Geoffrey Brock is the author of three collections of poems, the editor of The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry, and the translator of numerous books from various genres. His awards include fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library. He teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Translation at the University of Arkansas.

Website: geoffreybrock.com

Twitter Username: @gbrock

Publications

• Confluenze (selected poems, bilingual edition) , Eliot Edizioni (Rome) (March 2021)
• Allegria, by Giuseppe Ungaretti (translation) , Archipelago (October 2020)
• Last Dream: Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli (translation) , World Poetry Books (July 2019)
• Voices Bright Flags (poems) , Waywiser (October 2014)
• The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry , Farrar Straus & GIroux (April 2012)
• Disaffections: Complete Poems 1930-1950 (translation of Cesare Pavese) , Copper Canyon Press (September 2002)

Awards

• Raiziss/de Palchi Book Award, for Last Dream (from Academy of American Poets)(2020)
• Fellowship, Howard Foundation(2011)
• Fellowship, Cullman Center for Scholars & Writers(2010)
• Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation(2005)
• Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts(2002)

Employment

• Distinguished Professor of English at University of Arkansas (August 2005 - )

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry) from University of Florida (May 1998)
• Doctoral Degree in Comparative Literature & Literary Theory from University of Pennsylvania (May 1996)
• Master of Arts in Comparative Literature & Literary Theory from University of Pennsylvania (May 1990)
• Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from Florida State University (December 1986)

Genres of Interest

Poetry