Jennifer Grotz

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Jennifer Grotz
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Jennifer Grotz
BornJuly 11, 1971
Texas
OccupationPoet
Translator
Professor
Literary Critic
Nationality American
GenrePoetry

Jennifer Grotz (born 1971) is an American poet and translator who teaches English, creative writing, and literary translation at the University of Rochester, where she is Professor of English. [1] In 2017 she was named the seventh director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. [2]

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Life

Grotz grew up in small Texas towns but has lived in France and Poland, all of which inform her poems. She holds degrees from Tulane University (BA), Indiana University (MA and MFA), and the University of Houston (PhD). She also studied literature at the University of Paris (Sorbonne).

Her poems, translations, and reviews have appeared in many literary journals and magazines, and her work has been included in Best American Poetry . She is the first woman to direct the Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences. [2]

She currently lives in Rochester, New York.

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