Mila HAUGOVA

1996
  • Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Slovak Republic
Slovak

Mila HAUGOVA (b. Hungary) is editor at the Aoss Romboid Association of Writers, and a well-known poet and translator. She has published seven books of poetry, as well as translations of such poets as Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. The themes of her work focus on the relationships between men and women, and she is particularly interested in poetry written by contemporary American women. Ms. Haugova is a graduate of the Faculty of Agronomy in Bratislava, and is associated with the Slovak P.E.N. Center and the Club of Independent Writers. In addition to Slovak and English she speaks German and Hungarian. She was previously affiliated with the Slovensky Spisovatel Publishing House as editor. Ms. Haugova is an appointee of the USIA.

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  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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