Ann Fisher-Wirth | |
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13th President of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment | |
In office 2006 | |
Preceded by | Allison Wallace |
Succeeded by | Karla Armbruster |
Personal details | |
Born | Ann Carolyn Welpton 25 January 1947 Washington,D.C., United States |
Spouse | Peter Wirth |
Children | Jessica Fisher |
Education | M.A.,PhD |
Alma mater | Claremont Graduate University |
Profession | Academician,poet |
Awards | Elsie M. Hood Award |
Website | https://annfisherwirth.com/ |
Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 25 January 1947) is an American poet and scholar,based at the University of Mississippi. [1] She has won several teaching awards,including Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher of the Year (2006),Humanities Teacher of the Year (2007),and the Elsie M. Hood Award (2014). [2] Her poetry has received numerous awards,including several Pushcart nominations and a Pushcart Special Mention. [3]
Fisher-Wirth is the daughter of a career Army officer and an English teacher. [3] She was born in Washington,D. C.,and lived as a child in Germany,Pennsylvania,and Japan before her father retired from the Army and her parents decided to move to Berkeley,California. [4]
She earned a B.A. degree,magna cum laude,in English from Pomona College in 1968; [1] [5] an M.A. degree in English and American literature from Claremont Graduate School in 1972; [1] and a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Claremont Graduate School in 1981. [1]
She has served as President of the international Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE),has had a senior Fulbright to the University of Fribourg,Switzerland,and has held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Uppsala University,Sweden. [3] She has been teaching at the University of Mississippi since 1988. [1]
Her scholarly work has concentrated primarily on William Carlos Williams and Willa Cather,but she has published on other writers including Cormac McCarthy,Louise Gluck,Robert Hass,and Anita Brookner. [1]
She is married to Peter Wirth. [4] Her daughter,Jessica Fisher,is also a poet.