Heather Clark (writer)

Heather Clark is an American literary biographer, poet, and professor. She is known for her biographies of American poets, particularly her Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Bishop: An Anatomy of Cold (2016).

Clark received her Ph.D. in English from Harvard University. She is currently a Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom.

Her scholarly work focuses on 20th- and 21st-century poetry, biography, and modernism. She has published widely on poets such as Bishop, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, and Ted Hughes.

In addition to Elizabeth Bishop: An Anatomy of Cold, Clark's other notable works include:

• The Trouble with Genius: Reading Pound, Joyce, Stein, and Zukofsky (2004)
• Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath (2020) - This biography explores Plath's life and work, offering a fresh perspective on her achievements and struggles.

Clark's biographies are characterized by meticulous research, insightful analysis, and a nuanced understanding of the complex lives of her subjects. She is a prominent voice in contemporary literary scholarship.