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Edward Hirsch

American poet
Person human Q5343460

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
January 20, 1950
Place of birth
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
poet, teacher of literature
Employer
University of Houston[6]
Educated at
University of Pennsylvania, Grinnell College[7][8]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, Rome Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, William Riley Parker Prize[9][10][11][12][13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Family name
Hirsch[17]
Given name
Edward[18]
Influenced by
Czesław Miłosz[15]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Edward Hirsch ar إدوارد هيرش
🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
46805662
Library of Congress authority ID
n80153675
GND ID
173331904
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Edward Hirsch 2.jpg ↗
American Academy in Rome ID
12418141
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12187921d
CANTIC ID
981058608983806706
DDB person (GND) ID
173331904
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
173331904
FAST ID
64533
Freebase ID
/m/0597gl
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Guggenheim fellows ID
edward-hirsch
ISFDB author ID
208895
IdRef ID
030470676
Illinois Center for the Book author ID
6348
IxTheo authority ID
698248864
Kallías ID
PE00289195
Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
edward-hirsch
MacArthur Fellows Program ID
582, class-of-1998/edward-hirsch
MusicBrainz artist ID
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NUKAT ID
n00067008
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007303400605171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810648041805606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074534688
Poetry Foundation ID
edward-hirsch
Poetry Society of America poet ID
edward_hirsch
Poets & Writers author ID
edward_hirsch_1
Poets.org poet ID
edward-hirsch
Quora topic ID
Edward-Hirsch-4
SNAC ARK ID
w6kf478k
The Paris Review interviewee ID
7637
Wellcome Collection concept ID
waxc86zd
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjXhBcWK9gvq8MG7w63Qq
Yale LUX ID
person/79d422fc-0190-4a70-9325-7f995acba47e

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🔗 Connections
Award received 2
Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program
Educated at 2
University of Pennsylvania, Grinnell College
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
University of Houston
Family name 1
Hirsch
Given name 1
Edward
Influenced by 1
Czesław Miłosz
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Occupation 1
poet
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Edward Hirsch was born on January 20, 1950[1], in Chicago[2]. He has worked as a poet[3] and teacher of literature[4].

FAQs

Where was Edward Hirsch born?

Edward Hirsch's place of birth was Chicago[2].

What did Edward Hirsch do for work?

Edward Hirsch worked as a poet[3] and teacher of literature[4].

Where did Edward Hirsch go to school?

Edward Hirsch was educated at University of Pennsylvania[7] and Grinnell College[8].

What awards did Edward Hirsch receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[9], MacArthur Fellows Program[10], Rome Prize[11], and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry[12].

Related Entities

Czesław Miłosz United States University of Houston

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . uh.edu. uh.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . uh.edu. uh.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . uh.edu. uh.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . bookcritics.org. bookcritics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . mla.org. mla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Influenced by → Czesław Miłosz
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    Sex or gender → male
    Country of citizenship → United States
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