Samuel John Hazo (born 19 July 1928) is an author of books, including poetry, fiction, essays and plays, and the founder and director of the International Poetry Forum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He is also McAnulty Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Duquesne University, where he taught for forty-three years.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He and his wife, Mary Anne, have one son, Samuel Hazo Jr., who is an American composer.