Nathalie Anderson

Nathalie Anderson
Born
Nathalie FitzSimons

(1948-07-28) July 28, 1948
EducationAgnes Scott College
Georgia State University
Emory University (PhD)
OccupationsPoet, author, professor

Nathalie F. Anderson (born July 28, 1948) is an American poet and librettist. She is a 1993 Pew Fellow, and author of several books of poetry: Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Held and Firmly Bound (a chapbook), Stain, and Rough. In collaboration with composer Thomas Whitman, she has authored five libretti: The Black Swan, Sukey in the Dark, A Scandal in Bohemia., The Royal Singer, and Cassandra. Whitman and Anderson have also collaborated on the choral piece Babylon.