Background
Bartók-Baratta, Edward was born on April 5, 1959 in Jersey City. Son of Emanuel Baratta and Doris Elsaesser.
Edward Bartók-Baratta Edit Profile
Edward Bartók-Baratta, American poet, artist. Recipient Paumanok Poetry award, State University of New York, Farmingdale, 2001; grantee, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, New York, 1999; Artist grantee, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Northampton, 1999. Member of Fridays Are for Prisoners (founder), Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, Hampshire County Citizens Against the Death Penalty.
Education
Bachelor in Literature/Philosophy, New Jersey State University, 1982. Master of Fine Arts in Poetry/Fiction, University Massachusetts, 1986.
Career
Counselor St. Francis House, Boston, 1985—1994. Poet, author, artist, since 1995.
Membership
Member of Fridays Are for Prisoners (founder), Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, Hampshire County Citizens Against the Death Penalty.
