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Ben Lerner
Born: February 4, 1979
Ben Lerner was born on February 4, 1979, in Topeka, Kansas. He earned a BA in political theory and an MFA in poetry from Brown University. His debut poetry collection, The Lichtenberg Figures, won the Hayden Carruth Award, and his work has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, Lerner is a Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College.
