About the Instructor/Moderator

Carolyn Forché is a poet, translator and editor of the ground-breaking anthology Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness, collecting the work of poets who endured conditions of extremity during the past century.  She has published four award-winning books of poetry and three books of poetry in translation. Her work has been translated into over twenty languages and she has given poetry readings throughout the United States and the world.  A human rights activist for over thirty years, she was presented in 1998 with the Edita and Ira Morris Hiroshima Foundation Award for Peace and Culture in Stockholm for her work on behalf of human rights and the preservation of memory and culture.  She has received fellowships from The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, The Lannan Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts.  She has taught poetry and literature for thirty-five years, and holds The Lannan Chair of Poetry at Georgetown University, where she also directs The Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice.

Accessibility Information

Their work is regularly exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of over 60 museums. Over the past fifteen years, they have built a sustainable career as a visual artist and have extensive experience working with museums, galleries, universities and nonprofit organizations, publishers, and press outlets. In addition to their own creative work, they are passionate about sharing the professional knowledge they’ve acquired throughout their career with other artists.