New England-born poet Diana Der-Hovanessian is the author of fourteen books of poetry and translations. She has won international and national awards and fellowships, including prizes from the Poetry Society of America, the Columbia/PEN Translation Center, and the Massachusetts Arts Council. She is president of the New England Poetry Club and works as a visiting poet and guest lecturer on American poetry, Armenian poetry in translation, and the literature of human rights at various universities. Her poems are often aired on National Public Radio.
May 2002