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Ann Fisher-Wirth
13th President of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
In office
2006
Preceded byAllison Wallace
Succeeded byKarla Armbruster
Personal details
Born
Ann Carolyn Welpton

(1947-01-25) 25 January 1947 (age 77)
Washington, D.C.,
United States
CitizenshipAmerican
SpousePeter Wirth
ChildrenJessica Fisher
EducationM.A., PhD
Alma materClaremont Graduate University
ProfessionAcademician, poet
AwardsElsie M. Hood Award
Websitehttps://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]

Early life[edit]

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]

Education[edit]

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 Schoolin 1981.[1]

Career[edit]

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]

Works[edit]

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]

Selected works[edit]

  • The Bones of Winter Birds, Terrapin Press (2019)
  • Mississippi, poems by Ann Fisher-Wirth and photographs by Maude Schuyler Clay, Wings Press (2018)
  • First, earth, The Chapbook (2015)
  • The Ecopoetry Anthology, coedited with Laura-Gray Street, Trinity University Press (2013)
  • Dream Cabinet, Wings Press (2012)
  • Carta Marina, Wings Press (2009)
  • Slide Shows, Finishing Line Press (2009)
  • Five Terraces, Wind Publications (2005)
  • Walking Wu-Wei's Scroll, Drunken Boat (2005)
  • Blue Window, Archer Books (2003)
  • The Trinket Poems, Wind Publications (2003)
  • William Carlos Williams and Autobiography: The Woods of His Own Nature, Penn State University Press (1989)

Selected honors and awards[edit]

  • The Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Mississippi (2014)[2]
  • Finalist, Poet Laureate of Mississippi (2012)[3]
  • University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year (2007)[2]
  • University of Mississippi Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher of the Year (2006)[2]
  • President, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (2006)[6]
  • Literary Artist Fellowship for poetry from the Mississippi Arts Commission (2005)[7]
  • Writing Residency, Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, Calif. (2005)[7]
  • Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Poetry Award (2004)[8]
  • Rita Dove Poetry Award from the Salem College Center for Women Writers (2004)[7]
  • Malahat Review Long Poem Prize (2003)[7]
  • Fulbright Distinguished Chair of American Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden (2003) [6]
  • Literary Artist Fellowship for poetry from the Mississippi Arts Commission (1998)[9]
  • Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (1994)[6]

Personal life[edit]

She is married to Peter Wirth.[4] Her daughter, Jessica Fisher, is also a poet.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ann Fisher-Wirth". University of Mississippi–M.F.A. English. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ann Fisher-Wirth Teacher of the Year". The University of Mississippi – College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ann Fisher-Wirth". Black Earth Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Q&A With Ann Fisher-Wirth". Bloom: “Late” according to whom?. March 25, 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Fisher-Wirth, Ann 1947–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Dr. Ann Fisher-Wirth". Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d "English professor, poet Ann Fisher-Wirth awarded state arts commission grant". The Mississippi Writers Page. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters". Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Arts Commission News". Mississippi Arts Commission. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

External links[edit]

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