John Frederick Nims (November 20, 1913 in Muskegon, Michigan – January 13, 1999, aged 85, in Chicago, Illinois) was an American poet and academic.
He published reviews of early works by Robert Lowell and W. S.
[1] He taught English at Harvard University, the University of Florence, the University of Toronto, Williams College, University of Missouri, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
He was editor of Poetry magazine from 1978 to 1984.
[2] The John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize, for poetry translation, is awarded by the Poetry Foundation.