Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman is the author of seven poetry collections including Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire (Harper Perennial, 2003); Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems (Random House, 1991); and The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral (William Morrow, 1976), reissued by Marginalian Editions in 2026. Also a noted naturalist and essayist, Ackerman’s nonfiction includesThe Zookeeper’s Wife (W. W. Norton, 2008), which was made into a feature film, and One Hundred Names for Love (W. W. Norton, 2012), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Ackerman’s writing has been recognized by the Academy of American Poets’ I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award, the PEN/Henry David Thoreau Award for Nature Writing, the Orion Book Award, the John Burroughs Nature Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was honored as a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library. Several of her books have been National Book Circle Critics Award finalists.
Ackerman lives in Ithaca, New York, and has taught at a number of universities including Columbia University and Cornell University.
