Lynn Strongin

Lynn Strongin
Lynn Strongin in 2008
Lynn Strongin in 2008
Born (1939-02-27) February 27, 1939 (age 85)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationPoet
Alma materBA, Hunter College,
MA, Stanford University
GenrePoetry
Notable awardsNational Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship

Lynn Strongin (born February 27, 1939) is an American poet currently residing in Canada who has published more than two dozen books. A pioneering writer on issues of feminism and disability, her poetry and other writings have appeared in a large number of literary magazines and influential anthologies including Sisterhood Is Powerful, No More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women, and Rising Tides: 20th Century American Women Poets.