Susan Hahn

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Susan Hahn
Born (1951-11-11) November 11, 1951 (age 72)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • playwright
  • novelist
NationalityAmerican
Education Highland Park High School
Northwestern University (BA, MA)

Susan Hahn (born November 11, 1951) is a bestselling [1] Illinois poet, playwright and novelist. She is also a Guggenheim fellow. [1]

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Biography

She was born Susan Firestone in Chicago, Illinois on November 11, 1951, and attended Highland Park High School. She attended Northwestern University where she received a B.A. and an M.A. in psychology [2] She began working at the Woodlawn Mental Health Center after graduation and became licensed as a group therapist. [2] After incorporating writing and art into her therapy, she began to write her own work and submitted some of her poems to Poetry magazine, where they were accepted. [2]

In 1997 she started editing TriQuarterly literary magazine. [3] [4] She remained with TriQuarterly until 2010, when the magazine went to an online-only format. [5] She is also a co-editor of works published by Northwestern University. [4]

Hahn was the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's first writer-in-residence in 2013. [6]

Work

Hahn's writing has been described by Donna Seaman as displaying "bewitching" language and "sly" humor. [7] As the featured Illinois poet, her work was described by the State of Illinois as "voyages into the uncharted seas of self and other." [8]

Her novel, The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter, was favorably reviewed by Booklist and Library Journal. [1] [9]

In 1994, Hahn received a Society of Midland Authors Award for Poetry. [2]

The Chicago Tribune listed Holiday and Mother in Summer in the ranks of the Best Books of 2002. [10]

Novel

Poetry

Plays

Awards and honors

Susan Hahn's honors and awards include:

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