Stephen Yenser

Stephen Yenser
Born1941 (age 84–85)
Wichita, Kansas, United States
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
OccupationsPoet, literary critic, professor
EmployerUniversity of California, Los Angeles
SpouseMelissa Berton
ChildrenHelen
AwardsWalt Whitman Award, Pushcart Prize, Ingram Merrill Foundation Award, others

Stephen Yenser (born 1941, Wichita, Kansas, United States) is an American poet and literary critic who has published three acclaimed volumes of verse, as well as books on James Merrill, Robert Lowell, and an assortment of contemporary poets. With J.D. McClatchy, he is co-literary executor of the James Merrill estate and co-editor of six volumes of Merrill's work.