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Jane Hirshfield

(1953) Linguist United States

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Jane Hirshfield is a linguist from the United States.

Quick Facts About Jane Hirshfield

Born
February 24, 1953
Nationality
United States
Profession
Linguist
Notable works
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

About Jane Hirshfield

Jane Hirshfield is an American poet, essayist, and translator, known as "one of American poetry's central spokespersons for the biosphere" and recognized as "among the modern masters" who writes "some of the most important poetry in the world today." A 2019 elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, her books include award-winning collections of poems, collections of essays, and edited and co-translated volumes of historical writers. Widely published in newspapers and literary journals, her work has been translated into over fifteen languages.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets

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