Daniel halpern biography

PERSONAL:

Born September 11, 1945, in Syracuse, NY; son of Irving Daniel (a scrap dealer) and Rosemary Halpern; married Jeanne Catherine Carter, December 31, 1992; children: one daughter.

Education: Attended San Francisco State College; California State University, Northridge, B.A., 1969; Columbia University, M.F.A., 1972.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Ecco Press, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 E.

53rd St., New York, NY 10022. [email protected].

CAREER:

Editor, poet, and translator. HarperCollins, New York, NY, cofounder of the imprint Ecco, 1971, editor in chief, 1971—, editorial director, publisher, and senior vice president, 1999—.

New School of Social Research, instructor in poetry and fiction workshops, 1971-76; Princeton University, instructor, 1975-76, 1987-88; Columbia University, instructor, 1976—, chair of graduate writing program, 1980-84. National Poetry Series, founder and director, 1978—.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Jessie Rehder Poetry Award, 1971; Dis