Barbara Goldberg

Barbara Goldberg (born 1943) is an American poet, author, translator, and editor from Maryland.

[5] Goldberg's poetry deals with themes including magical realism, honesty, authenticity, sensual imagery, and wit.

[5] During her time in this position, Goldberg visited ten high schools in the county to teach poetry.

[8] She has also been a fellow at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

[2][4] In 2008, she received the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry for The Royal Baker’s Daughter.

[2][3][4][7][6] She also won the Valentin Krustev Award in translation for her work Transformation: The Poetry of Translation,[3] the Witter Bynner Foundation Award for The Stones Remember,[2][4] the Violet Reed Haas Poetry Prize for Marvelous Pursuits,[2] and the Camden Poetry Award for Cautionary Tales.