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Piotr Sommer, November 19

Piotr Sommer

Piotr Sommer’s publications in Polish include eleven poetry collections, two books of essays, and several anthologies of American, British, and Irish poetry. He has translated John Ashbery, John Berryman, John Cage, Michael Longley, Derek Mahon, Kenneth Koch, Robert Lowell, James Schuyler. Sommer’s poems have been widely translated.  He lives outside Warsaw.

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Writers in Residence 2009-2010

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Lannan Fellows Program

The Lannan Fellows Program, for Georgetown University undergraduates, introduces students to the exciting world of contemporary creative literature, through a year-long series of readings held on campus and at the Folger Shakespeare Library in downtown Washington, DC. Students have an opportunity to meet and speak with visiting writers, to engage them in conversation at informal seminars and receptions, and to attend readings from their literary work.

Application Deadline: Friday, October 9, 2009

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