Lucien Stryk Mailing Address: 13000 W. Heiden Circle #3310 Lake Buffalo, IL. 60044 County: Lake Phone: 847-615-50028 Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

• >"One," Poetry, Fall 1997
• "The Pit" & "Zen: The Rocks of Sesshu," Chicago Review, Vol. 42, Nos. 3 & 4 1996
• "Waiting for the Light" & "Woolgathering," American Poetry Review, March/April 1996

Book Publications:

• And Still the Birds Sing: New and Collected Poems, Swallow Press/Ohio U. Press, 1998
• Where We Are: Selected Poems and Zen Translations, Skoob Books (London) 1997
• Zen Poetry: Let The Spring Breeze Enter, Grove Press, 1995
• The Awakened Self: Encounters with Zen, Kodansha International, 1995

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Robert F. Ferguson Memorial Award
• The Island and Continents Translation Award
• Society of Midland Authors Poetry Award (twice)
• Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Translation Center, Fulbright Grants to do research in Japan and to lecture in Iran, and grants from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Readings in London (for Where We Are: Selected Poems and Zen Translations) at Jermyn Street Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Neal Street East, and the Bath Literary Festival.
• Scheduled to read on August 30, 1998 at the Edinburgh Festival

Recent Workshops:

Present Employment:

• Retired professor

Preferred Audience:

Willing to travel:

• yes