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Robert Hass was born in San Francisco, California in 1941.
* He attended St. Mary's College in Moraga, California and received both an MA and PhD in English from Stanford University.
* He has published 10 collections of poetry, including "Field Guide" (1973), "Praise" (1980), and "Time and Materials" (2007).
* He was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States in 1995.
* He has won numerous awards for his poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize.
* He is a Distinguished Professor of Poetry and Poetics at the University of California, Berkeley.
* He lives in California with his wife, the poet Brenda Hillman.
* He is one of the most celebrated and widely-read contemporary American poets.