Richard Siken

Richard Siken was born in 1967 in New York (USA) and is the author of three books of poetry, being Crush (2005) his first book, followed by War of the Foxes (2015) and I Do Know Some Things (2025). With Crush, won the Yale Series of Young Poets Competition in 2004, the Literary Prize Lambda and the Prize Thom Gunn, both in 2006, and was considered by Atlantic One of the best books of American poetry of the 21st century. With his most recent book, he was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award 2025 and considered one of the best poetry books of 2025 by The New York Times newspaperIn addition to being a poet, he is also a painter, and currently lives in Tucson, Arizona.