Malena Mörling
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Malena Mörling, born 1965, is a Swedish poet
and Assistant Professor. She is the author of two books of poetry, Ocean Avenue, which won the New Issues Press Poetry Prize in 1998 and Astoria, published by Pittsburgh Press in 2006. She has translated poems by the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer
, a selection of which appeared in the collection For the Living and the Dead, published by Ecco Press. She was awarded The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award in 1999 and in 2004 the Lotos Club
Foundation Prize. In 2007 she was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and for 2007-08 she was a Research Associate at the School For Advanced Research, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Her poetry can be found in numerous publications and anthologies including The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, Washington Post Book World, Double Take/Points of Entry and Five Points, among others.
Mörling was born in Stockholm, Sweden1965. She was raised in southern Sweden. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at The University of North Carolina
, Wilmington and Core Faculty in The Low Residency MFA program at New England College
.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and Assistant Professor. She is the author of two books of poetry, Ocean Avenue, which won the New Issues Press Poetry Prize in 1998 and Astoria, published by Pittsburgh Press in 2006. She has translated poems by the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas Gösta Tranströmer is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. Tranströmer is acclaimed as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since the Second World War...
, a selection of which appeared in the collection For the Living and the Dead, published by Ecco Press. She was awarded The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award in 1999 and in 2004 the Lotos Club
Lotos Club
The Lotos Club is a gentleman's club in New York City. Founded in 1870 by a young group of writers and critics, Mark Twain, an early member, called it the "Ace of Clubs"...
Foundation Prize. In 2007 she was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and for 2007-08 she was a Research Associate at the School For Advanced Research, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Her poetry can be found in numerous publications and anthologies including The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, Washington Post Book World, Double Take/Points of Entry and Five Points, among others.
Mörling was born in Stockholm, Sweden1965. She was raised in southern Sweden. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at The University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
, Wilmington and Core Faculty in The Low Residency MFA program at New England College
New England College
New England College is a private four-year college in Henniker, New Hampshire, enrolling a total of approximately 1800 undergraduate and graduate students.-History:The school was created in 1946 for students attending college on the G.I...
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