Maurya Simon

Maurya Simon (born 1950) is an American poet and academic.

Life
Born in New York City, Simon has lived most of her life in California. She studied at the University of California, Berkeley, then earned a B.A. from Pitzer College and an M.F.A. in English and creative writing from the University of California, Irvine. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside.

Recognition
Simon received a 1999 NEA fellowship in poetry, and she has been awarded a University Award from The Academy of American Poets, the Celia B. Wagner and Lucille Medwick Memorial Awards from the Poetry Society of America, and a Fulbright/Indo-American Fellowship. She has been a Fellow at Hawthornden Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, and a Fellow at the Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators in Visby, Sweden.

Publications

 * The Enchanted Room. Copper Canyon Press, 1986.
 * Days of Awe. Copper Canyon Press, 1990.
 * Speaking in Tongues. Gibbs Smith, 1990.
 * The Golden Labyrinth. University of Missouri Press, 1995.
 * A Brief History of Punctuation. 2002.
 * Ghost Orchid. Red Hen Press, 2004.
 * Weavers. Blackbird Press, 2005.
 * Cartographies: Uncollected Poems 1980–2005. 2008.
 * The Raindrop’s Gospel: The Trials of St. Jerome and St. Paula. 2010.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the author.