Background

Svoboda, Terese was born on September 5, 1950 in Ogallala, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Frank B. Svoboda and Anne Marie Walsh.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1973. Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, 1978.

Career

Producer, Voices and Visions, New York City, 1980-1982; producer, Cast Iron television, New York City, 1988-1992; teacher, U. Hawaii, 1992; teacher, Sarah Lawrence, New York City, 1993-1994; teacher, New School, New York City, 1996-1998; teacher, Williams College, 1998. Member of advisory board Poets House, New York City, 1986-1996.

Achievements

• Terese Svoboda has been listed as a noteworthy Poet, novelist, filmmaker by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Cannibal

    ( Cannibal is Africa from the inside—inside the head of a...)

  • Laughing Africa (Iowa Poetry Prize)

    (Book by Svoboda, Terese)

  • Mere Mortals: Poems by Terese Svoboda (Contemporary Poetry) by Terese Svoboda (2009-07-30)

Connections

Married Stephen Medaris Bull, July 18, 1981. Children: Deng Breidenbach-Svoboda, Felix Bull, Franklin Bulletin.

Father:

Frank B. Svoboda

Mother:

Anne Marie Walsh

Spouse:

Stephen Medaris Bull

child:

Felix Bull Svoboda

child:

Franklin Bulletin Svoboda

child:

Deng Breidenbach-Svoboda