JA 2 views today 4 views this weekAmerican writer, poet, educator, criticJohn AshberyBiographyGalleryFAQDiscographyBibliographyListsAlso ViewedListsJohn Ashbery is in following listsIn ListsFamous American Poets"Therefore" is a word the poet must not know. — Andre GideBy Field Of WorkNotable American people in academiaGender:MaleNotable American artistsGender:MaleNotable American people in journalismGender:MaleNotable American people in literatureGender:MaleBy Work And/Or CountryNotable American WritersGender:MaleNotable American PoetsGender:MaleNotable American ProfessorsGender:MaleNotable American EducatorsGender:MaleNotable American JournalistsGender:MaleNotable American CriticsGender:MaleNotable American Art criticsGender:MaleNotable American TranslatorsGender:MaleBy GenrePoetryBy Category1927 births2017 deathsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersColumbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumniNew York University alumniHarvard College alumniMacArthur FellowsAmerican gay writersDeerfield Academy alumniNew York School poetsPoets Laureate of New York (state)Wesleyan University peopleNational Book Award winnersPulitzer Prize for Poetry winnersBard College facultyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAmerican postmodern writersBollingen Prize recipientsAmerican LGBTQ poetsThe New Yorker peopleNational Humanities Medal recipientsAmerican art criticsAmerican male poetsHarvard Advocate alumniBrooklyn College facultyAmerican LGBTQ academicsGay poetsGay academics21st-century American LGBTQ people