Mark Irwin.

About Mark Irwin

Mark Irwin is an American poet and the author of twelve collections of poetry, most recently Once When Green. He lives in Los Angeles and the mountains of rural Colorado. His honors and awards include the Juniper Prize for Poetry, the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, the Test Site Poetry Prize, the Nation/Discovery Award, four Pushcart Prizes, a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, Colorado and Ohio Art Council Fellowships, two Colorado Book Awards, the James Wright Poetry Award, and fellowships from the Fulbright, Lilly, and Wurlitzer Foundations.