Frederick Feirstein

Frederick Feirstein (born 1940) is an American poet and playwright.

Life
Feirstein is also a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City.

He has published 8 books of poetry and has had 12 plays produced. His eighth book of poems, Fallout, was published by Word Tech Communications, in May 2008.

Recognition
He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist and has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Prizes he has received include the Poetry Society of America's John Masefield Award, England's Arvon Foundation Prize, and The Quarterly Review of Literature's International Prize.

Publications

 * The family circle. Davis-Poynter, 1973. ISBN 978-0-7067-0075-6
 * Survivors. Seagull Publications, 1974.
 * Masquerade. American Society of Theatre Arts, 1974.
 * Manhattan carnival: a dramatic dialogue. Countryman Press, 1981. ISBN 978-0-914378-69-3
 * Fathering: A sequence of poems. Apple-wood Books, 1982. ISBN 978-0-918222-33-6
 * City life: Poems. Story Line Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0-934257-76-3
 * New and selected poems. Story Line Press, 1998. ISBN 978-1-885266-50-7
 * Fallout. Wordtech Communications, 2008. ISBN 978-1-934999-09-7