Diana Lewis Burgin
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BornAugust 3, 1943
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationsAuthor, Professor, Poet
Yearsactive1974-present
Diana Lewis Burgin | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 3, 1943 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupations | Author, Professor, Poet |
| Years active | 1974-present |
Diana Lewis Burgin is an author, and Professor of Russian at the University of Massachusetts Boston; she received her B.A. in Russian from Swarthmore College, her M.A. & Ph.D. from Harvard University's Slavic Languages and Literatures Department. She has been teaching Russian at University of Massachusetts, Boston since 1975.[1]
She is the daughter of Richard Burgin and Ruth Posselt, who married on July 3, 1940. She has published a narrative poem "Richard Burgin: A Life in Verse" (Slavica Pub, 1989; ISBN 0-89357-196-2) describing her father's biography.[2]
