Background
Ackerman, Diane was born on October 7, 1948 in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Sam and Marcia Molly (Tischler) Fink.
Ackerman, Diane was born on October 7, 1948 in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Sam and Marcia Molly (Tischler) Fink.
Student, Boston University, 1967. Bachelor in English, Pennsylvania State University, 1970. Master of Fine Arts, Cornell University, 1976.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1978.
Editorial assistant Library Journal, New York City, 1970. Teaching fellow Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1971-1978. Assistant professor University Pittsburgh, since 1980.
Visiting writer-in-residence College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1982-1983, Ohio University, Athens, 1983. Writer-in-residence Washington University, St. Louis, since 1984, director WRiting Programs, since 1982. Visiting writer Columbia University, New York City, 1986, New York University, 1986.
Member literature panel New York State Council on Arts, since 1980. Member poetry panel Pennsylvania Arts Council, 1980, Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1978. Member advisory board Planetary Society, since 1980.
Host (television series) Mystery of the Senses.
(In her first new book of poetry since Jaguar of Sweet Lau...)
(For readers who know Diane Ackerman only through her rece...)
(The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses...)
(In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman reveale...)
Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Author's Guild, Explorer's Club.
