Albert Gelpi is the Coe Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Stanford University. [1] He taught literature, particularly poetry, there between 1968 and 2002.
Gelpi also wrote a trilogy of literary criticism involving American poetry: [2]
Gelpi was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1977 for his work in American literature. [3] His books are held in libraries worldwide. [4] He earned degrees from Loyola University New Orleans (BA), Tulane University (MA), and Harvard University (PhD).