Lusia Slomkowska

Lusia SlomkowskaLusia was a writer, translator, and activist for lesbian-feminist issues in the U.S. and Eastern Europe. She received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She compiled, edited and translated the anthology, Swallowing Paradise: Thirty 20th Cetury Polish Women Poets. Her publications included: The Agni Review, Amelia, Kalliope, New Letters, Parnassus, The Quarterly, Quarterly West, and Looking for Home, Women Writing about Exile; Milkweed Editions, and The Poetry of Sex; Banned Books.

Her honors included: A grant from The Barbara Deming Memorial Foundation and the Polish National Library Association for her translation of Swallowing Paradise; a fellowship to Vermont Studio Center; the Poetry Atlanta Award; Writers at Work Poetry Fellowship; Bennington Writers Workshop Poetry Prize; The Lucille Sandberg Haiku Award. She was a finalist for the James Jones Fellowship Contest, and the Pen/Syndicate short story award.

In 2014, Lusia died of complications from heart disease. Read More Read Less

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