John Felstiner

Alum 2003

John Felstiner was an American literary critic, translator, poet, and Professor Emeritus of English at Stanford University. He wrote books on the poetry of Paul Celan, Pablo Neruda, and was the co-editor of the anthology Jewish American Literature. His interests included poetry in various languages, environmental and ecologic poems, literary translation, Vietnam era poetry and Holocaust studies.

John died February 24, 2017.