Literary Journalist and Critic

Cynthia Haven

1 article 2018

Cynthia Haven is a literary journalist, critic, and author known for her writing on poetry and international literature. She contributed to The Weekly Standard with a piece on Polish poet Adam Zagajewski, reflecting her deep engagement with Central European literary culture. She is also known for her work as a Stanford University arts journalist and for her books on poets such as Czesław Miłosz and René Girard.

Adam Zagajewski's Letters of Loss

February 20, 2018 · Books, culture, Ukraine

The Polish poet Adam Zagajewski was born in the ancient capital of Lvov, but cherishes no early memories of the city. Lvov was occupied by the Germans at the time of the poet’s birth. After the Red Army occupied the city at the end of World War II, Zagajewski’s family was forcibly repatriated—or…