Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Nina Shevchuk-Murray was born in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. She first came to the U.S. on a Department of State scholarship in 1999. After graduating from her hometown university, she returned to Nebraska to enter a graduate program in creative writing. She has published some original poetry and is currently working on a series of translations from Ukrainian. (updated 2/2006)