Bergé, Carol, 1928-

Carol Bergé, born in 1928 in New York City, is primarily a poet and fiction writer. She was educated at New York University, 1946-1952, and at the New School for Social Research, 1952-1954. Bergé worked as a journalist and editorial assistant during the 1950s for such organizations as Simon and Schuster and Forbes magazine. In 1970 she founded Center, a magazine for innovative fiction, and was its sole editor until its demise in 1981. Other journals she has edited include The Mississippi Review, 1977-1978, and since 1980, Shearsman.

She has lectured extensively since the 1970s at such universities as the University of California at Berkeley, Indiana University at Bloomington, and the State University of New York at Albany. She has been a board member of numerous organizations such as P.E.N., Poets and Writers, and the Modern Language Association. Bergé has also been awarded numerous literary honors. These include the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation fellowship (1964), several fellowships-in-residence at the McDowell Colony, and a National Endowment fellowship for creative writing (1979).

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