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Judith Skillman [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Newcastle, WA
Washington US
Email: 
jskillman54@gmail.com
Bio: 

Judith Skillman is the author of twenty three collections of poetry and a 'how to': Broken Lines--The Art & Craft of Poetry. Her most recent book is A Landscaped Garden for the Addict, Shanti Arts Press. Other books include Kafkas Shadow, House of Burnt Offerings, and The Phoenix: New & Selected Poems. She is the recipient of an Eric Mathieu King Fund Award from the Academy of American Poets, and an Artist Trust GAP grant for Came Home to Winter. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, Zyzzyva, We Refugees, and other journals and anthologies.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
French
Favorite authors: 
Mandelstam, Cavafy, Transtromer, Levine, Hesse, Camus, Gilbert, Kaschnitz, Thomas Mann, Jane Austen, Patrick Phillips
Twitter/X: 
#judithskillman
Born in: 
Ottawa, QC
Canada
Quebec
Raised in: 
Greenbelt, MD
Maryland
Website: 
https://www.judithskillman.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Artist Trust GAP Grant, WA  State; Eric Mathieu King Fund, Academy of American Poets; King County Public Arts Grant; Washington State Writer's Fellowhsip; Centrum Foundation Grant; King County Publication Prize

Education: 
University of Maryland
What I'm reading now: 
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
Writers Retreats: 
American Literary Translators Association Conference
Identifies as: 
European American
Polish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Children

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