Jay Hopler

Hopler was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He graduated from Purdue University (Ph.D., American Studies), the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry), the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars (M.A., Creative Writing/Poetry) and New York University (B.A., English and American Literature).

His poetry, essays, and translations have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Mid-American Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker.

Hopler was Professor of English (Creative Writing/Poetry) at the University of South Florida.[2]

Hopler was married to poet and Renaissance scholar Kimberly Johnson.[2][3]

On 15 June 2022, Hopler died in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a battle with prostate cancer.[4]

• 2005 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, for Green Squall, chosen by Louise Glück[5]
• 2006 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Green Squall
• 2006 Florida Book Award for Green Squall
• 2007 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, for Green Squall
• 2007 National “Best Books” Award from USA Book News for Green Squall
• 2009 Lannan Foundation Fellowship
• 2009 Whiting Award[6]
• 2010/2011 Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters/The American Academy in Rome[7][8]
• 2014 National “Best Books” Award from USA Book News for Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry[9]
• 2016 Florida Book Award in Poetry (Gold Medal) for The Abridged History of Rainfall
• 2016 Finalist, National Book Award for Poetry for The Abridged History of Rainfall[10]
• 2023 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for "Still Life"

• Still Life. McSweeney's. 2022. ISBN 978-1952119378.
• The Abridged History of Rainfall. McSweeney's Poetry Series. 2016. ISBN 978-1944211264.
• Green Squall. Yale University Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-300-11454-6.

• Archives of official website
• Profile at The Whiting Foundation