Person Detail: Lyn Lifshin

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General Information:
Full Name: Lyn Lifshin
Biography: Poet. Lyn Lifshin was born in Barre, Vermont, and died in Vienna, Virginia. She moved to the New York State Capital Region in the 1970s. She published over 130 works. She was honored as a "Literary Legend" by the Albany Public Library.
Author's Timeline:
1940		(Unknown) County Lyn Lifshin was born Lyn Diane Lipman in Barre, Vermont, around 1940.
1961		Onondaga County Ms. Lifshin received a bachelor degree in English from Syracuse University in 1961.
1970		Schenectady County Ms. Lifshin moved to Schenectady, New York, in the 1970s and lived there and in Niskayuna, New York.
1964		Albany County Ms. Lifshin did graduate work at the State University of New York at Albany from 1964 to 1966.
2014		(Unknown) County Secretariat: The Red Freak, The Miracle (Pub: Texas Review Press ISBN: 193787561X ISBN-13 : 978-1937875619 ) Poetry.
2006		(Unknown) County Another Woman Who Looks Like Me (Pub: Black Sparrow - David Godine ISBN: 1574231987 / 978-1574231984 ) Poetry. Recipient of the Paterson Award for Literary Excellence.
1999		(Unknown) County Before It's Light (Pub: Black Sparrow Press ISBN: 1574231154 / 978-1574231151 ) Poetry. Recipient of the Paterson Poetry Award.
1997		(Unknown) County Cold Comfort: Selected Poems 1970-1996 (Pub: Black Sparrow Press ISBN: 1574230417 / 978-1574230413 ) Poetry.
1985		(Unknown) County Kiss the Skin Off (Pub: Cherry Valley Editions ISBN: 0916156699 / 978-0916156695 ) Poetry.
2008		(Unknown) County Persephone (Pub: Red Hen Press ISBN: 9781597091244) Poetry.
1977		(Unknown) County Leaning South (Pub: Red Dust ISBN: 9780873760300) Poetry.
1976		(Unknown) County Shaker House Poems (Pub: Sagarin Press ISBN: 0915298023) Poetry.
2010		(Unknown) County Katrina (Pub: Poetic Matrix Press ISBN: 9780982734308) Poetry.
2006		(Unknown) County The Licorice Daughter: My Year With Ruffian (Pub: Texas Review Press ISBN: 1881515796 / 978-1881515791 ) Poetry.
2019		(Unknown) County Lyn Lifshin died at a friend's home in Vienna, Virginia, in December 2019.