Lyn Hejinian (born 1941) is a United States poet, essayist, translator and publisher. She is often associated with the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets were probably the most significant avant garde grouping in United States poetry in the last quarter of the 20th century. ...

Hejinian was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and now lives in Berkeley, California with her husband the composer/musician Larry Ochs. She has published 14 books of poetry and numerous books of essays as well as two volumes of translations from the Russian poet Arkadii Dragomoshchenko. Between 1976 and 1984 she was editor of Tuumba Press and from 1981 to 1999 she co-edited Poetics Journal. She is currently co-editor of Atelos, who publish works involving collaborations between poets and other artists. USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hejinian has herself worked on a number of collaborative projects with painters, musicians and film makers. She teaches poetics at University of California, Berkeley and has lectured in Russia and around Europe. Her best known book is probably My Life (1987). University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, University of California, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She currently sponsors the Radiohead DeCal course at UC Berkeley.

External links

• Lyn Hejinian at EPC
• Lyn Hejinian at the Academy of American Poets
• Lyn Hejinian Papers
• Excerpts from My Life