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Forrest Gander

Poet, essayist, novelist, critic, translator (born 1956)
Person Human Q5470470

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
January 21, 1956
Place of birth
Mojave Desert
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
translator, writer, novelist, poet, literary scholar
Employer
Brown University[13]
Field of work
belletristic literature, poetry, literary translation, literary activity[9][10][11][12]
Educated at
College of William & Mary[14]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[15][16][17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Archives at
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library[19]
Family name
Gander[20]
Given name
Forrest[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Forrest Gander ja フォレスト・ギャンダー zh 福雷斯特·甘德
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
17296979
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87931071
GND ID
138249423
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Forrest gander 2014.jpg ↗
BVMC person ID
59075
Babelio author ID
89379
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CBDB.cz author ID
75806
CONOR.SI ID
290902627
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1029738
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
138249423
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Discogs artist ID
13761304
FAST ID
210970
Freebase ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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IdRef ID
136549098
J9U entity ID
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Kallías ID
PE00382692
Libris-URI
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Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NDL Authority ID
001119073
NL CR AUT ID
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NLP ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810633145805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4992488
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Online Books Page author ID
Gander, Forrest, 1956-
Poetry Foundation ID
forrest-gander
Poetry Society of America poet ID
forrest_gander
Poets & Writers author ID
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Poets.org poet ID
forrest-gander
SELIBR ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Unz Review author ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
writer, poet, translator, novelist
Field of work 3
poetry, belletristic literature, literary translation
Award received 2
Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Archives at 1
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
College of William & Mary
Employer 1
Brown University
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Mojave Desert
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Forrest Gander was born on January 21, 1956[1], in Mojave Desert[2]. He has worked as a translator[3], writer[4], novelist[5], poet[6], and literary scholar[7].

FAQs

Where was Forrest Gander born?

Forrest Gander's place of birth was Mojave Desert[2].

What did Forrest Gander do for work?

Forrest Gander worked as a translator[3], writer[4], novelist[5], poet[6], and literary scholar[7].

Where did Forrest Gander go to school?

Forrest Gander was educated at College of William & Mary[14].

What awards did Forrest Gander receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[15], National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship[16], and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[17].

Related Entities

poetry United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discogs artist ID → 13761304
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62840: Importing Discogs artist IDs into Wikidata from MusicBrainz, after ensuring matching labels part2"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Forrest
    Field of work → belletristic literature, poetry, literary translation +1
    Family name → Gander
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32117: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"
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