Susan Hahn

Susan Hahn is a bestselling[1] Illinois poet, playwright and novelist. She is also a Guggenheim fellow.[1]

Biography

She was born Susan Firestone in Chicago, Illinois, 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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Seaman, Donna (2012). "The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter". Booklist 108 (22): 26. Retrieved 22 July 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bercovitch, Sacvan, ed. (1996). The Cambridge History of American Literature 8. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 231–232. ISBN 0521497337.
  3. ↑ Seaman, Donna (1 March 2010). "Emily Dickinson's Racy Side". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 Zaleski, Jeff; Scharf, Michael (29 April 2002). "Mother in Summer". Publishers Weekly 249 (17): 64. Retrieved 22 July 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Shivani, Anis (22 June 2010). "What Is the Future for Literary Journals in an Online World? Huffington Post Interviews Stephanie G'Schwind, Editor of Colorado Review". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Venteicher, Wes (22 July 2013). "Winnetka Poet to Be Found In Hemingway's Attic". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Seaman, Donna (15 March 2008). "The Note She Left". Booklist 104 (14): 17. Retrieved 22 July 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "Featured Poet: Susan Hahn". Illinois Poet Laureate. State of Illinois. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Pesek, Annalisa (2012). "The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter". Library Journal 137 (13): 84. Retrieved 22 July 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ Baker & Taylor Author Biographies (4 January 2000). Susan Hahn. Literary Reference Center. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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