Susan Hahn
American writer
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Susan Hahn (born November 11, 1941) is an American poet, playwright and novelist. She is also a Guggenheim fellow.[1]
- Poet
- playwright
- novelist
Northwestern University (BA, MA)
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| Born | November 11, 1941 |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Highland Park High School Northwestern University (BA, MA) |
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Biography
She was born Susan Firestone in Chicago, Illinois on November 11, 1941, and attended Highland Park High School. She attended Northwestern University where she received a B.A. and an M.A. in psychology[2] She began working at the Woodlawn Mental Health Center after graduation and became licensed as a group therapist.[2] After incorporating writing and art into her therapy, she began to write her own work and submitted some of her poems to Poetry magazine, where they were accepted.[2]
In 1997 she started editing TriQuarterly literary magazine.[3][4] She remained with TriQuarterly until 2010, when the magazine went to an online-only format.[5] She is also a co-editor of works published by Northwestern University.[4]
Hahn was the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's first writer-in-residence in 2013.[6]
Work
Hahn's writing has been described by Donna Seaman as displaying "bewitching" language and "sly" humor.[7] As the featured Illinois poet, her work was described by the State of Illinois as "voyages into the uncharted seas of self and other."[8]
Her novel, The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter, was favorably reviewed by Booklist and Library Journal.[1][9]
In 1994, Hahn received a Society of Midland Authors Award for Poetry.[2]
The Chicago Tribune listed Holiday and Mother in Summer in the ranks of the Best Books of 2002.[10]
Novel
- The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter (2012)
- Losing Beck: A Triptych (2018)
Poetry
- Harriet Rubin's Mother's Wooden Hand (1991)
- Incontinence (1993)
- Melancholia, Etcetera (1995)
- Confession (1997)
- Holiday (2001)
- Mother in Summer (2002)
- Self/Pity (2005)
- The Scarlet Ibis (2007)
- The Note She Left (2008)
- Corner Office (2024)
Plays
- Golf (2005)
- The Scarlet Ibis (2007, reprised 2008)
Awards and honors
Susan Hahn's honors and awards include:
- Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards and Fellowships
- The Society of Midland Authors Award for Poetry (1994)
- Poetry Magazine's George Kent Prize (2000)
- Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Poetry (2003-2004)
- First Class of Distinguished Alumni, Highland Park High School (2005)
- Pushcart Prizes, in fiction and poetry
- Hemingway Foundation, inaugural Writer-in-Residence (2013-2014)