Background
Feirstein, Frederick was born on January 2, 1940 in New York City. Son of Arnold and Nettie (Schechter) Feirstein.
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Manhattan Carnival
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Frederick Feirstein
Frederick Feirstein, American Poet, playwright, psychoanalyst. Guggenheim fellow in poetry, 1979-1980; recipient award in playwriting OADR, 1976, award in poetry CAPS, 1977, John Masefield award Poetry Society American, 1977, Colladay award in poetry Quarterly Review Literature, 1985, 94, special commendation for Celebrating, Avron Foundation, 1985. Member National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (training analyst and supervisor).
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University Buffalo, 1960;
Master of Arts, New York University, 1961.
Career
He has published nine books of poetry, has had twelve plays produced, and has had numerous psychoanalytic and literary essays published. His ninth book of poems, Dark Energy, was published in 2013 as the first book in the Grolier Series of Established Poets. He is a training analyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis and is in private practice
Feirstein has a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry and been nominated twice for a Pulitzer in poetry.
He has been the recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation"s OADR Award for his musical drama The Children"s Revolt.
Achievements
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Frederick Feirstein has been listed as a noteworthy poet, playwright, psychoanalyst by Marquis Who's Who.
Works
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Membership
Member National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (training analyst and supervisor).
Connections
Married Linda Bergton, June 9, 1963. 1 child, David Ben.
- Father:
- Arnold Feirstein
- Mother:
- Nettie (Schechter) Feirstein
- Spouse:
- Linda Bergton
- child:
- David Ben Feirstein
