Education
Mort studied at the State University of Linguistics in Minsk. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from American University.
Mort studied at the State University of Linguistics in Minsk. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from American University.
Her first American publication, Factory of Tears (Copper Canyon Press, 2008), the first Belarusian/English poetry book published in the U.S., was co-translated from the Belarusian by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Franz Wright. The poems juxtapose youthful coming-of-age to the struggles of a nation’s emergent vitality. Her English translations of Eastern European poets have appeared in New European Poets (Graywolf Press, 2008).
Known throughout Europe for her live performances, Mort works explicitly to reestablish a clear identity for Belarus and its language. Mort is the youngest poet to be featured on the cover of Poetry & Writers magazine. Mort now teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts program at University of Baltimore.