פרופ' (אמריטוס) Linda Zisquit

יחידה
Literature
דרגה
Adjunct Associate Professor
דוא"ל
lindazisquit@gmail.com
שעות קבלה
S1: Tues 11:00-12:00
    תחומי עניין

    Poetry

    קורות חיים

    Linda Stern Zisquit

    5 Hazefira Jerusalem 93102 Israel

    972-2-563-9567  972-54-637-1100

    lindazisquit@gmail.com

     

     

     

    EDUCATION:

     

    State University of New York at Buffalo,

    Department of English                                                MA in Humanities (Poetry), 1977

     

    Harvard University, School of Education

    Cambridge, MA                                                          MA in Teaching, June, 1970

     

    Tufts University, Medford, MA

    Double Major in English and Psychology                  BA; BS, June 1969

     

     

    PROFESSIONAL POSITION

     

    Associate Professor, Bar Ilan University,

    English Department, Creative Writing                       Fall 2012 – present

     

    Poetry Coordinator, Bar Ilan University,

    Shaindy Rudoff Creative Writing Program,               Fall 2005 – present

     

    Poetry Senior Lecturer, Bar Ilan University,

    MA in Creative Writing Program                               Fall 2002 – 2012

     

    Lecturer in Poetry, Hebrew University,

    Rothberg School for Overseas Students                     Sept. 1994-2001

     

    Literature/Writing Instructor,Wesleyan University

    Israeli & Palestinian Studies Program,                        Spring 1988-2000

     

     

    PUBLICATIONS

     

    Books (Original Poetry):

     

    Return from Elsewhere, Poems, Outriders Poetry Project (co-winner), Buffalo, NY, 2014

     

    Havoc: New and Selected Poems, The Sheep Meadow Press, Rhinebeck, NY, 2013

     

     

    Ghazal-Mazal, a chapbook, Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY, November 2011

     

    The Face in the Window, Poems by Linda Zisquit, Sheep Meadow Press, New York, 2004

     

    Unopened Letters, Poems by Linda Zisquit, Sheep Meadow Press, New York, 1996

     

    Ritual Bath, Poems by Linda Zisquit, Broken Moon Press, Seattle, WA, 1993 (foreword by Rita Dove)

     

     

    Books (Translations from Hebrew):

     

    These Mountains: Selected Poems of Rivka Miriam , translations from Hebrew by Linda Zisquit, Toby Press, Milford, CT, 2009

     

    Let the Words: Selected Poems of Yona Wallach, Translated by Linda Zisquit, Sheep Meadow Press, New York, 2006

     

    Wild Light: Selected Poems of Yona Wallach, Translated by Linda Zisquit,

         Sheep Meadow Press, New York, Summer 1997

     

    The Book of Ruth, Translated from the Bible by Linda Zisquit, Woodcuts by Maty Grunberg, Osband Press, London, 1997

     

    Open-Eyed Land, Yehuda Amichai, Translated by Linda Zisquit, Schocken Publishing House, Tel Aviv, 1991

     

    INDIVIDUAL POEMS PUBLISHED IN

     

    Paris Review, Ploughshares, Salmagundi, Harvard Review, The Denver Quarterly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Southern Review, The Boston Review, Bridges, The Drunken Boat, Five Points, The Forward, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Salamander, The Literary Review, Lyric, The Materialist, Mediterraneans, Pequod, Nimrod Awards Issue, Natural Bridge, Nashim, Dark Horse, 5AM, The Jerusalem Review, Stand, Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Niagra, Clay & Pine, Hudson River Anthology, Shirim, Shofar, Poet Lore, Parnassus, Kerem, Maggid, and others.

     

     

    SELECTED PRIZES & GRANTS

     

    Best Jewish Poetry of 2013, The Forward                 2013

     

    National Jewish Book Award for Poetry,

    Finalist for These Mountains                                       2011

     

    Pushcart Prize nomination for three poems                2009

     

    Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture,

    Writing Grant                                                              2005-2006

     

    Poetry Society of America, finalist for

    work-in-progress The Face in the Window                 1999

     

    PEN Translation Award short-list                              1998

     

    National Endowment for the Arts,

    Translation Grant for Wild Light                                 1996-1997

     

    Poetry Society of America, finalist for

    work-in-progress Unopened Letters                            1995

                                                                           

     

    ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

     

    Member of Academic Advisory Committee, Hadassah Brandeis Institute, (2010-present)

    Founder and Director, Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem, (Fall 1994 – present)

    Poetry Editor, MAGGID, Jerusalem & CT., 2005-2007

    Literary Editor, Tikkun Magazine, NY & CA, 1991 - 2005

    Cultural Programs Director,

    Wesleyan University Israel Program, (1988-2000)

     

     

    BOOK REVIEWS and ESSAYS HAVE APPEARED IN

     

    Harvard Review, Ariel, Bridges, The Jerusalem Post, Poetry International, Jewish Book World, Tikkun  

     

     

    SELECTED READINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

     

    Readings:

    New York State Writers Institute, SUNY Albany; University of North Carolina at Asheville; Bard College; Barnes & Noble NYC; Brandeis University; Brown University; SUNY Buffalo; Hallwalls Buffalo; “just buffalo; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, City College of New York; Dartmouth College; Duke University; University of Florida at Gainesville; Florida International University; Harvard University Lamont Library Poetry Series; Keane College; Kent State University Writer-in-Residence; U Mass Translation Center; U Penn; Pitt Poetry Series; Princeton University; Queens College; The Reconstructionist College Kolot Series, Writer in Residence; Wellesley; Wesleyan University; Yale University.

     

    Conferences and Presentations:

    Providence College Conference on Holocaust Literature; Bar Ilan Creative Writing Program Creative Writing Conference, Bar Ilan Creative Writing Program Memoir Conference, Bar Ilan Creative Writing Program “First Fruits Conference”; Tel Aviv University Conference on Immigrant Writing in English; Kisufim Conference in Jerusalem on “Jewish Writing.”

     

    Boston University Translation Seminar, Boston, MA; Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

     

    Bar Ilan Shaindy Rudoff Creative Writing Program Conference on Bible in Literature; guest speaker for the Ben Gurion University Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics “Artzyeli Day”; moderator for the Shaindy Rudoff Creative Writing Program Memorial Event; Kisufim Conference in Jerusalem on Language and Memory.

     

     

     

     

    קורסים

    Creative Writing in the Context of Modern Poetry

    Poetry in Translation

    The Spirit and the Flesh (Poetry Workshop)

    פרסומים

    Books (Original Poetry):

     

    Return from Elsewhere, Poems, Outriders Poetry Project (co-winner), Buffalo, NY, 2014

     

    Havoc: New and Selected Poems, The Sheep Meadow Press, Rhinebeck, NY, 2013

     

     

    Ghazal-Mazal, a chapbook, Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY, November 2011

     

    The Face in the Window, Poems by Linda Zisquit, Sheep Meadow Press, New York, 2004

     

    Unopened Letters, Poems by Linda Zisquit, Sheep Meadow Press, New York, 1996

     

    Ritual Bath, Poems by Linda Zisquit, Broken Moon Press, Seattle, WA, 1993 (foreword by Rita Dove)

     

     

    Books (Translations from Hebrew):

     

    These Mountains: Selected Poems of Rivka Miriam , translations from Hebrew by Linda Zisquit, Toby Press, Milford, CT, 2009

     

    Let the Words: Selected Poems of Yona Wallach, Translated by Linda Zisquit, Sheep Meadow Press, New York, 2006

     

    Wild Light: Selected Poems of Yona Wallach, Translated by Linda Zisquit,

         Sheep Meadow Press, New York, Summer 1997

     

    The Book of Ruth, Translated from the Bible by Linda Zisquit, Woodcuts by Maty Grunberg, Osband Press, London, 1997

     

    Open-Eyed Land, Yehuda Amichai, Translated by Linda Zisquit, Schocken Publishing House, Tel Aviv, 1991

     

    INDIVIDUAL POEMS PUBLISHED IN

     

    Paris Review, Ploughshares, Salmagundi, Harvard Review, The Denver Quarterly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Southern Review, The Boston Review, Bridges, The Drunken Boat, Five Points, The Forward, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Salamander, The Literary Review, Lyric, The Materialist, Mediterraneans, Pequod, Nimrod Awards Issue, Natural Bridge, Nashim, Dark Horse, 5AM, The Jerusalem Review, Stand, Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Niagra, Clay & Pine, Hudson River Anthology, Shirim, Shofar, Poet Lore, Parnassus, Kerem, Maggid, and others.

     

     

    באמצעי התקשורת

    תאריך עדכון אחרון : 23/05/2022