Background

Foerster, Richard Alfons was born on October 29, 1949 in New York City. Son of Alfons Foerster and Elizabeth Zakrzewicz.

Education

Bachelor in English, Fordham College, 1971. Master of Arts in English, University Virginia, 1972.

Career

Assistant editor Clarence L. Barnhart Inc., Bronxville, New York, 1973-1976. Language arts editor Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1976-1979. Associate editor Chelsea magazine, New York City, 1978-1994, editor, 1994—2001, Chautauqua Literature Journal, 2003—2008.

Freelance educational writer, editor, York Beach, Maine, 1979—1993. Freelance typesetter & editor, York, since 1993. Member prize committee The Poets' Prize, New York City, since 2001.

International writer-in-residence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2002.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • Double Going (American Poets Continuum)

    ( In Double Going, Richard Foerster's tightly chiseled po...)

  • The Burning of Troy (American Poets Continuum)

    ( The Burning of Troy was catalyzed by the rapid death o...)

  • Trillium (American Poets Continuum)

    ( Trillium shows how what we might call marginalia is wha...)

  • Sudden Harbor: Poems

    (Richard Foerster does the office of poet so proudly and s...)

  • Patterns of Descent: Poems

    (Book by Foerster, Richard)

  • Sudden Harbor: Poems by Foerster, Richard (1992) Paperback
  • Double Going (American Poets Continuum) by Foerster, Richard (2002) Paperback
  • The Burning of Troy (American Poets Continuum) by Foerster, Richard (2006) Paperback

• Other Work

  • Author: Sudden Harbor, 1992, Patterns of Descent, 1993, Trillium, 1998 (Poets' prize honorable mention, 2000), Double Going, 2002, The Burning of Troy, 2006 (Literature award, 2007).

Membership

Fellow: Society Arts Religion and Contemporary Culture. Member: Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, National Book Critics Circle.

Connections

Married Valerie Elizabeth Malinowski, October 28, 1972 (divorced 1986).

father:

Alfons Foerster

mother:

Elizabeth Zakrzewicz

spouse:

Valerie Elizabeth Malinowski