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Peter Cole, see Peter Cole (disambiguation) . Peter Cole (born 1957) is a MacArthur-winning poet and translator who lives in Jerusalem and New Haven . Cole was born in 1957 in Paterson, New Jersey . He attended Williams College and Hampshire College , and moved to Jerusalem in 1981. He has been called "one of the handful of authentic poets of his own American generation" by the critic Harold Bloom. In a 2015 interview in The Paris Review , he described his work as poet and translator as "at heart, the same activity carried out at different points along a spectrum." Macmillan.
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Peter Cole (born 1957 Paterson, New Jersey ) is an American Jewish poet who lives in Jerusalem , Israel .
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Peter Cole (born 1957) is an American Jewish poet who lives in Jerusalem and New Haven .
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Peter Cole is a MacArthur-winning poet and translator who lives in Jerusalem and New Haven .Cole was born in 1957 in Paterson, New Jersey .He attended Williams College and Hampshire College , and moved to Jerusalem in 1981.He has been called "one of the handful of authentic poets of his own American generation" by the critic Harold Bloom.In a 2015 interview in The Paris Review , he described his work as poet and translator as "at heart, the same activity carried out at different points along a spectrum." Macmillan.
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American poet For other people named Peter Cole, see Peter Cole (disambiguation) .Peter Cole (born 1957) is a MacArthur-winning poet and translator who lives in Jerusalem and New Haven . Cole was born in 1957 in Paterson, New Jersey . He attended Williams College and Hampshire College , and moved to Jerusalem in 1981. He has been called "one of the handful of authentic poets of his own American generation" by the critic Harold Bloom. In a 2015 interview in The Paris Review , he described his work as poet and translator as "at heart, the same activity carried out at different points along a spectrum." Macmillan.
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american jewish poet who lives in jerusalem
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macarthur-winning poet and translator who lives in jerusalem and new haven
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