Diana Arterian

Bio

Diana Arterian is the author of the poetry collections Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press) and Playing Monster :: Seiche, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was a Poetry Foundation Staff Pick. Smoke Drifts, her co-translation of Nadia Anjuman’s poetry done with Marina Omar, is forthcoming from World Poetry Books in 2025. A Poetry Editor at Noemi Press and twice-finalist for the National Poetry Series, Diana’s creative work has been recognized with fellowships from the Banff Centre, Millay Arts, Yaddo, and others. Her poetry, nonfiction, criticism, co-translations, and conversations have been featured by The Academy of American Poets, BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, Harvard Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, NPR, The New York Times Book Review, and The Poetry Foundation website. She writes “The Annotated Nightstand” column at Lit Hub and lives in Los Angeles.