Cole Swensen

Cole Swensen (b. 1955—, in Kentfield near San Francisco) is an American poet, translator, editor, copywriter, and professor. Swensen was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of more than ten poetry collections and as many translations of works from the French. She received her B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz before going on to become the now-Previous Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Denver. She now teaches at the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.. American poet translator editor copywriter and professor; Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry 2006