Barbara Goldberg (born 1943) is an American poet, author, translator, and editor from Maryland.
Barbara Goldberg (born 1943) is an American poet, author, translator, and editor from Maryland.
Goldberg grew up in Forest Hills, Queens> New York. [1] [2] [3] [4] She is a first generation American. [5] Her parents were immigrants from Europe after fleeing from the Holocaust. [5] [6] The language her family spoke in their home was German. [6] She attended Russell Sage Junior High. [6]
She attended Mount Holyoke College for her undergraduate degree in philosophy. [1] [2] [3] [5] Goldberg graduated in 1963 with Phi Beta Kappa recognition. [1] [3] [5]
Goldberg attended Columbia University for a Master of Education and graduated in 1970. [1] [2] [3] She later earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from American University in 1985. [1] [2] [3]
Goldberg started her poetry career in her 30s. [5] Goldberg's poetry deals with themes including magical realism, honesty, authenticity, sensual imagery, and wit. [2] [6]
Goldberg was the Poet-in-Residence in Howard County, Maryland in 1999. [1] [5] The program was sponsored by the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society. [5] During her time in this position, Goldberg visited ten high schools in the county to teach poetry. [5] She has received several grants from the Maryland Arts Council. [2]
She has also taught poetry and creative writing at Georgetown University, American University's MFA program, and the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland. [2]
She was the executive editor of Poet Lore magazine. [1] [3] Goldberg was a senior speechwriter for AARP. [1] [2] [5] Goldberg works as a series editor of Word Works International Editions. [3] [4] [7] [6]
Goldberg has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. [2] [3] [4] [7] [6] [8] One of these awards was for a $20,000 literacy fellowship. [8] She has also been a fellow at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. [1]
She has done readings and presented her works to several programs, organizations, and associations, including the American Literary Translators Association, Associated of Writers and Writing Programs, the International Monetary Fund, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Carter Center. [3]
Her works have been included in several literacy publications, including Poetry , the ParisReview, the HarvardReview, the GettysburgReview, BestAmericanPoetry, and the AmericanPoetryReview. [1] [2] [3] [7] [6]
Goldberg has received several awards for her writing. She received two PEN Syndicated Fiction Project Awards. [2] [4] In 2008, she received the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry for The Royal Baker’s Daughter. [2] [3] [4] [7] [6] She also won the Valentin Krustev Award in translation for her work Transformation: The Poetry of Translation, [3] the Witter Bynner Foundation Award for The Stones Remember, [2] [4] the Violet Reed Haas Poetry Prize for Marvelous Pursuits, [2] and the Camden Poetry Award for Cautionary Tales. [2] Her poem “Fortune’s Darling” won the Emily Dickinson Award. [2]
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