Deniz Perin
Deniz Perin, a poet and translator, is the recipient of a Lannan Writing Residency Fellowship and the Anna Akhmatova Fellowship for Younger Translators. Her work has appeared in Atlanta Review, Poetry International, Words Without Borders, and several other journals. Her translation of Ece Temelkuran’s Book of the Edge (BOA Editions, 2010) was a semifinalist for the National Translation Award. Her translations of Nazim Hikmet’s poetry were anthologized in the Ecco Anthology of International Poetry and in Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East. A regular participant in the CWTTL, she teaches English and creative writing at the University of San Diego.