Liliana Ursu is a poet, prose writer, and translator with eighteen books published in Romania. Her work has been translated into many languages, including, in English, Goldsmith Market (Zephyr Press, 2003), Lightwall (Zephyr Press, forthcoming in June 2009), and two other books. She lives in Bucharest, teaching courses in poetry and creative writing, producing occasional radio programs for România culturala, and writing. She has received two Fulbright grants and taught creative writing at the University of Louisville and at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. (updated 4/2009)

Ursu’s Angel Riding a Best (translated by Bruce Weigl and the author) and The Sky Behind the Forest (translated by Adam J. Sorkin, Tess Gallagher, and the author) were reviewed in AGNI 49 by Valerie Duff.