Kress, Leonard 1950-
Kress, Leonard 1950-
PERSONAL:
Born March 1, 1950, in Toledo, OH; son of Bernard (a chemist) and Janet (an educator) Kress; married Mania Dajnak (an artist/printmaker), May 11, 1981; children: Magda, Henryk. Anya. Education: Temple University, B.A., 1973; attended Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 1978-79; Columbia University, M.F.A., 1989.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Perrysburg, OH. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, adjunct instructor of English, 1981-91; Owens Community College, Toledo, OH, assistant professor, communications/humanities, 1994—; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, adjunct lecturer in humanities 1986-90.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Individual Artist fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1987, for playwriting, and 1990, for poetry; Individual Artist fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, 1997 and 2001, for poetry.
WRITINGS:
POETRY
From the Life and Death of Chopin, Lalka Press, 1977.
The Centralia Mine Fire, Flume Press (Chico, CA), 1987.
(And translator) Sappho's Apples, HarrowGate Press (Perrysburg, OH), 2000.
Associate editor, Artful Dodge (literary magazine). Contributor of poetry, prose, and translations to periodicals, including American Poetry Review, Massachusetts Review, Missouri Review, New Letters, Quarterly West, Beloit Poetry Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, Commonweal, Journal, North American Review, Blue Moon Review, Snakeskin, and Octavo.