Susan Yuzna, a native of Minnesota, is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wr ...

and professor.

Life

She has a B.A. in English from the

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, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...

. She has been resident at several artist colonies, including

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, and MacDowell. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Awards

* Bush Artist Fellowship * Richard Hugo Memorial Poetry Scholarship * ''Her Slender Dress'', won the Akron Poetry Prize and the

Norma Farber First Book Award The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year". Poetry Society of ...

from the Poetry Society of America.

Works

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Poetry Books

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuzna, Susan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women poets University of Iowa alumni University of Montana alumni University of North Dakota faculty Writers from Minneapolis Poets from Minnesota American women academics 21st-century American women