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John Gery is a Research Professor of Poetry in the Department of English at the University of New Orleans. He is also a member of the Women's and Gender Studies faculty, teaching both campus and online courses in creative writing and poetry. Gery serves as the Founding Director of the Ezra Pound Center for Literature in Brunnenburg, Italy, which has offered summer seminars for 27 years at Pound's family castle in northern Italy.
His educational background includes:
- MA, University of Chicago, 1976
- MA, Stanford University, 1978
Professor Gery's research spans multiple areas of poetry and literary studies, with particular expertise in American poetry from colonial times to the present. His work encompasses modernist poetry, Ezra Pound studies, translation theory and practice, and the relationship between nuclearism and contemporary American poetry. He has made significant contributions to understanding immigrant poetry and the confessional tradition in American poetry through both creative and scholarly work.
Analysis of Gery's publications reveals a consistent engagement with both creative and critical approaches to poetry. His work demonstrates expertise in American literary traditions while maintaining a strong international perspective through translation work and cross-cultural studies. A notable thread throughout his career is the exploration of historical and cultural contexts in poetry, particularly examining how poets engage with social, political, and historical forces.
His scientific awards and recognitions include:
- Publishers Weekly Best Book Award (1995)
- Franz Kafka European Award (Prague, 1999)
- NEA Creative Writing Fellowship (1993)
- Fulbright Fellowship (Serbia, 2007)
- Research Fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota (2006)
- Multiple artist grants from the Louisiana Division of the Arts
As an educator, Professor Gery has taught a wide range of courses from introductory poetry writing to graduate seminars on specialized topics including Early American Poetry, Modern American Women's Poets, and Six Mid-20th Century American Poets (Bishop, Rukeyser, Berryman, Jarrell, Lowell, and Brooks). He serves as Faculty Advisor for the undergraduate Creative Arts Movement and has held visiting lectureships in Rome, Venice, Belgrade, Beijing, and Salamanca, as well as at numerous institutions throughout the United States.
Professor Gery founded and directs the Ezra Pound Center for Literature at Brunnenburg Castle in northern Italy, which has provided summer seminars on Ezra Pound's poetry and Creative Writing for 27 years. He also serves as Series Editor of the EPCL Book Series at Clemson University Press and has co-edited multiple international anthologies of poetry and critical collections on modernist poetry.
