Adam J. Sorkin is Distinguished Professor of English at Penn State-
Brandywine in Media, PA. His most recent books of translation include
Ruxandra Cesereanu’s Crusader-Woman (Black Widow Press, 2008) and
Mariana Marin’s The Factory of the Past, translated with Daniela
Hurezanu (Toad Press, 2008). He was awarded the 2005 Translation Prize
of The Poetry Society (UK) for Marin Sorescu’s The Bridge, translated with
Lida Vianu (Bloodaxe Books, 2004), and recently served as Regional Editor
for Romania and Moldova of New European Poets (Graywolf, 2008).