Susan Hahn

Susan Hahn is a poet, playwright and novelist. She was born Susan Firestone in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Highland Park High School and Northwestern University (B.A. and M.A.) She was employed for many years by TriQuarterly literary magazine, the last 14 of which, until 2009, as the Editor. She is married to Frederic Hahn, an attorney, and is the mother of Rick Hahn, the general manager of the Chicago White Sox.

Works

Susan Hahn is the author of nine books of poetry, two plays and a novel. Dozens of her poems and short stories have appeared in literary magazines such as American Poetry Review, The American Scholar, The Atlantic Monthly, The Kenyon Review, New England Review, The North American Review and Poetry. She has given readings of her work at Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of North Carolina, the University of Chicago, the Poetry Foundation and many other venues.

Her works include:

  Novel:  The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter - 2012
  Poetry: The Note She Left (2008)
          The Scarlet Ibis (2007)
          Self/Pity (2005)
          Mother in Summer* (2002)
          Holiday* (2001)
          Confession (1997)
          Melancholia, Etcetera (1995)
          Incontinence (1993)
          Harriet Rubin's Mother's Wooden Hand (1991)
             * Named among "Best Books of the Year" by Chicago Tribune 12/8/2002
  Plays:  The Scarlet Ibis (2007, reprised 2008)
          Golf (2005)(Jeff recommended)

Honors and Awards: Susan Hahn's honors and awards include:

          Hemingway Foundation, inaugural Writer-in-Residence (2013-2014)
          Pushcart Prizes, in fiction and poetry 
          First Class of Distinguished Alumni, Highland Park High School (2005)
          Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Poetry (2003-2004)
          Poetry Magazine's George Kent Prize (2000)
          The Society of Midland Authors Award for Poetry (1994)
          Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards and Fellowships