Allen R. Grossman (January 7, 1932 – June 27, 2014) was a noted American poet, critic and professor.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1932,[1] Grossman was educated at Harvard University, graduating with an MA in 1956 after several interruptions.
In 1991, he became the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University where until 2005 he taught in the English Department, primarily focusing on poetry and poetics.
On November 11, 2006, on the occasion of his retirement, several friends, colleagues, and students of Grossman held a joint reading in his honor.
The event culminated with a reading by Grossman of poetry from his latest book of poems, Descartes' Loneliness.