Sydney Lea

Sydney Lea
BornDecember 22, 1942
Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupationpoet, writer, editor, academic
EducationYale University (BA, MA, PhD)
SubjectNew England
Notable worksPursuit of a Wound
To the Bone: New and Selected Poems
Notable awardsGovernor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
Poet Laureate of Vermont
Poets' Prize
Website
sydneylea.net

Sydney Lea (born December 22, 1942) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. He was the founding editor of the New England Review and was the Poet Laureate of Vermont from 2011 to 2015. Lea's writings focus the outdoors, woods, and rural life New England and "the mysteries and teachings of the natural world."