Ann Fisher-Wirth

Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 25 January 1947) is an American poet and scholar, based at the University of Mississippi. She has won several teaching awards, including Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Humanities Teacher of the Year (2007), and the Elsie M. Hood Award (2014). Her poetry has received numerous awards, including several Pushcart nominations and a Pushcart Special Mention. She was born in Washington, D. C., and lived as a child in Germany, Pennsylvania, and Japan before her father retired from the Army and her parents decided to move to Berkeley, California.

Education She earned a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, in English from Pomona College in 1968; an M.A. degree in English and American literature from Claremont Graduate School in 1972; Literary Artist Fellowship for poetry from the Mississippi Arts Commission (2005) Writing Residency, Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, Calif. (2005) Rita Dove Poetry Award from the Salem College Center for Women Writers (2004) Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (1994)

Personal life She is married to Peter Wirth. Her daughter, Jessica Fisher, is also a poet.