Anita Endrezze (born 1952) is an American poet, writer, and artist based in Washington. [1]
Endrezze was born in Long Beach, California, in 1952. She claims Yaqui ancestry from her father and European (Slovenian, German-Romanian, and northern Italian) ancestry from her mother. [1]
She graduated with an master's degree from Eastern Washington University.
Endrezze is a storyteller, artist and teacher. She teaches university courses and her work has been translated into seven languages, published in ten countries. She has taken part in the Washington State Council for the Humanities Speakers' Series. [2] [3]
In March 2000, Endrezze's book Throwing Fire at the Sun, Water at the Moon was published. The book is illustrated by her paintings. [4]
A book of Endrezze's poems, at the helm of twilight, won the 1992 Bumbershoot/Weyerhaeuser Award and the Governor's Writing Award for Washington State. [5] She also received a grant from Artist Trust to aid her in researching Throwing Fire at the Sun, Water at the Moon. [6] Lune D'Ambre, a book of her poems translated into French, and published in France by the distinguished house, Rogerie, and a book, The Humming of Stars and Bees and Waves, published in England by Making Waves Press joins her international publications, along with a children's novel, The Mountain and the Guardian Spirit, (CDForlag) in Danish.
Endrezze lives in Everett, Washington, is married with two children
Endrezze's book At the Helm of Twilight was the winner of the Washington Governor's Writers Award and the 1992 Bumbershoot/Weyerhaeuser Publication Award. [7]
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