Gerald Daniel Stern (February 22, 1925 – October 27, 2022) was an American poet, essayist, and educator.

From 2009 until his death, he was a distinguished poet-in-residence and faculty member of Drew University's graduate program for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry.

[1][2] His parents, Harry and Ida Barach Stern, were Jewish and immigrated to the United States from Ukraine and Poland, respectively, in 1905.

[1][4] After earning his master's degree, Stern relocated to Europe to undertake doctoral studies at the University of Paris.

[7] After a period of paid leave, he taught at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey,[7][8] before briefly working at Pittsburgh (his alma mater) in 1979.

[4] Stern was a faculty member and co-founder of New England College's Master of Fine Arts Program in Poetry.

[1] He was in a domestic partnership with poet Anne Marie Macari during the last 25 years of his life, and he lived in New York City and Miami Beach, Florida.