Background
Lifshin, Lyn L. was born on July 12, 1949 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Ben and Frieda Lazarus.
Lifshin, Lyn L. was born on July 12, 1949 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Ben and Frieda Lazarus.
Bachelor, Syracuse University, 1968. Master of Arts, University Vermont, 1969.
Teaching fellow, State University of New York, Albany, 1969; educational television writer, Schenectady, New York, 1969; instructor, State University of New York, Cobleskill, 1968, 70; writing consultant, New York Mental Health Department, Albany, 1970; writing consultant, Empire State College, Albany, 1973; poet in residence, Mansfield (Pennsylvania) State College, 1974; poet in residence, U. Rochester, New York, 1986; poet in residence, Antioch (New York) Writer's Conference, 1987; poet in residence, Glenwood College, 1991, 94.
Married Eric Lifshin (divorced 1978).