Ned Balbo
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Ned Balbo attending the West Chester University Poetry Conference
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| Born | November 19, 1959 |
| Occupation | poet, essayist, and professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Brentwood High School '77 |
| Genre | poetry, essay |
| Notable awards |
National Endowment for the Arts Literature in Translation Fellowship, 2017 Willis Barnstone Translation Prize co-winner, 2013 Poets' Prize, 2012 Donald Justice Poetry Prize, 2010 ForeWord magazine Book of the Year Gold Medal, 2005 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry, 2005 Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award, 2003 John Guyon Prize in Literary Nonfiction, 2002 Towson University Prize for Literature co-winner, 1998 |
| Spouse | Jane Satterfield |
Brentwood High School '77
Vassar College '81, A.B.
Johns Hopkins University '86, M.A.
National Endowment for the Arts Literature in Translation Fellowship, 2017
Willis Barnstone Translation Prize co-winner, 2013
Poets' Prize, 2012
Donald Justice Poetry Prize, 2010
ForeWord magazine Book of the Year Gold Medal, 2005
Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry, 2005
Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award, 2003
John Guyon Prize in Literary Nonfiction, 2002
Ned Balbo (born November 19, 1959, Mineola, New York) is an American poet, translator, and essayist.
Ned Balbo grew up on Long Island, New York. He was raised by Betty and Carmine Balbo, his birth mother's half-sister and her husband, who he believed were his parents. At thirteen Balbo learned he was adopted. This background informs his creative work.
Balbo graduated from Brentwood High School in 1977. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Vassar College in 1981, his Master of Arts at Johns Hopkins University in 1986, and his Master of Fine Arts at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1989.
Balbo taught poetry and prose at Loyola University Maryland from 1990 to 2014. He currently teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University. He is married to poet-essayist Jane Satterfield.
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