Ger­ald Stern was the author of more than twen­ty col­lec­tions of poet­ry and essays. His most recent book of poems were Blessed as We Were: Late Select­ed and New Poems, 2000 – 2018 (W.W. Nor­ton, 2020). He received numer­ous awards, includ­ing the Nation­al Book Award for This Time: New and Select­ed Poems (W.W. Nor­ton, 1998). He lived in New York City.