SAWYER-LAUCANNO, Christopher

SAWYER-LAUCANNO, Christopher. American, b. 1951. Genres: Poetry, Business/Trade/Industry, Language/Linguistics, Literary criticism and history, Biography, Translations. Career: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, lecturer in foreign languages and literatures, 1982-91, writer-inresidence of Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies, 1991-; Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, instructor in French and Spanish, 1974-77; Dean Jr. College, Franklin, MA, instructor in foreign languages and English, 1977- 80; Time-Life Books, Tokyo, staff writer, 1980-82; Meiji Gakuin University, Shirokanedei, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, part-time instructor in English and linguistics, 1981-82; Naropa Institute Summer Writing Program, Boulder, CO, writer-in-residence, 1989. Publications: (ed.) On Wind and Wave: Poems by Children, 1970; English for Daily Living, 1980; Imaginative Situations, 1980; English Skills Development Course, 2 vols., 1981; Ongoing English, 2 vols., 1981; English Communication Workshop, 1981; Curso Tecnico Basico, 1982; Yamaha Technical Training Course, 1982; Cases in International Business, 1982; A Glossary of Business English, 1983; Case Studies in International Management, 1987; An Invisible Spectator: A Biography of Paul Bowles, 1989; The Continual Pilgrimage: American Writ- ers in Paris, 1944-1960, 1992; The World's Words, 1993; Les Mots Anglais, 2001. TRANSLATOR: The Destruction of the Jaguar, 1987; F. Garcia Lorca, Barbarous Nights, 1992; R. Alberti, Concerning the Angels, 1995; The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes, 1997; Demons and Spirits, 1997; (with M. Polizzotti) M. Ray, B. Peret, and L. Aragon, 1929, 1996. Address: c/o Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, 105 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]