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.
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(born 1968, Elbasan) is the author of four poetry collections, Sytw e somnambulws (1993); Kwmbanat e sw djelws (1995); and Gysëmkubizëm,which received the 1996 best book of the year award from the Eurprolindja Publishing House. Her American translator, Henry Israeli, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, was responsible for the publication of some of Luljeta's work in such US publications as Grand Street and the Seneca Review. Her poetry has appeared in publications in Germany, Austria, France, as well as anthologies such as Modern Poetry in Translation and the Italian-Albanian anthology Mediterraneo 1. She also writes reviews and critical studies. Ms. Lleshanaku was educated in literature at the University of Tirana, and was chief editor for the weekly magazine Voice of Youth and subsequently worked in Drita, her country's oldest and largest cultural magazine. She is currently employed in the daily newspaper Rilindja. She is publishing a collection of reviews and essays and is translating John Ashbery's poetry in Albanian. Her participation in the IWP is supported by ArtsLink Residencies. She will take part in the program from the end of October through early December.
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