Zbornik Mednarodnega literarnega srečanja Vilenica 2003 - Ljudmila

je diplomirala na Bennington College in magistrirala na University of Iowa. Izdala je tri
pesniške zbirke: Hotel iesta, The Dig (Izkopavanje) in Then, Suddenly--(Potem,
naenkrat--), ki je tudi prejela nagrado Eric Matthieu King Award, ki jo podeljuje The
Academy of American Poets. Njene pesmi so zastopane v antologijah The Pushcart Prize
Anthology in The Best American Poetry 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 in 2000. Bila je urednica
za poezijo pri The Pushcart Prize Anthology, èlanica literarne komisije The Literature
Panel pri The National Endowment for American Poets in predsednica komisije za
nagrado The James Laughlin Award, ki jo podeljuje The Academy of American Poets. Kot
predavateljica je sodelovala na pesniških konferencah The Bread Loaf Writers'
Conference in The Bennington Writers' Conference ter v programih kreativnega pisanja
The Warren Wilson Program in Creative Writing in The Vermont College Creative Writing
Program. Trenutno predava angleški jezik in književnost na University of Pittsburgh, kjer
vodi oddelek za kreativno pisanje Writing Program in ustanovo Pittsburgh Contemporary
Writers' Series.
Lynn Emanuel holds a BA from Bennington College, and an MA from the University of
Iowa. She is the author of three books of poetry, Hotel iesta, The Dig, and Then,
Suddenly-- which was awarded the Eric Matthieu King Award from The Academy of
American Poets. Her work has been featured in the Pushcart Prize anthology and the
Best American Poetry in 1994, l995, l998, 1999, 2000. She has been a poetry editor for
the Pushcart Prize
Anthology, a member of the Literature Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts,
and a judge for the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She has
taught at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Bennington Writers' Conference, The
Warren Wilson Program in Creative Writing, and the Vermont College Creative Writing
Program. Currently, she is a Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, Director
of the Writing Program and Director of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series.
Lynn Emanuel