Ana Božičević

Ana Božičević (born 1977) is a Croatian American poet. Her 2013 collection Rise in the Fall won a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry.

Biography

Ana Božičević was born in Zagreb, Croatia, then a part of Yugoslavia, in 1977.[1][2] She grew up in the coastal city of Zadar.[3]

In 1997, she immigrated to the United States, settling in New York City.[1][2][4] There, she obtained a master's of fine arts from Hunter College.[1][3] She then pursued further studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.[1]

In 2009, Božičević published her debut full-length poetry collection, Stars of the Night Commute.[1][2] The following year, it was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry.[1][5] Her second collection, Rise in the Fall, came in 2013, and it won the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry.[1][6][7] Her subsequent books of poetry include Joy of Missing Out (2017); Povratak lišća/Return of the Leaves (2020), published in Croatia; and New Life (2023).[1][4][8][9][10]

Her work has been described as "full of wonder and surprise, even when grounded in the ordinary moments of everyday life,"[11] with a "21st-century lyricism".[8] Frequent themes include queerness, migration, and technology.[6][8]

Božičević has taught writing at various institutions including Baruch College.[12] She has also worked as a translator.[1] In 2012, she was awarded a grant from PEN America and the New York State Council on the Arts for her translation from Serbian of It Was Easy to Set the Snow on Fire by Zvonko Karanović.[1][13][14]

Selected works

  • Stars of the Night Commute (2009)
  • Rise in the Fall (2013)
  • Joy of Missing Out (2017)
  • Povratak lišća/Return of the Leaves (2020)
  • New Life (2023)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Ana Božičević". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  2. 1 2 3 Nieuwland, Jeroen (2010-04-12). "Stars of the Night Commute". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  3. 1 2 "Ana Bozicevic". 5of4.com. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  4. 1 2 Gundy, Jeff (2017). Barskova, Polina; Dibble, Anand; Felker-Quinn, Ben; Morse, Ainsley; Ostashevsky, Eugene; Smith, Rebekah; Swank, Charles; Wagner, Jason; Yankelevich, Matvei (eds.). "Long Reverberations of Brutality: Books of Resistance and Expression". The Georgia Review. 71 (3): 596–610. ISSN 0016-8386.
  5. ↑ Valenzuela, Tony (2010-05-10). "22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  6. 1 2 King-Miller, Lindsay. "Review of Rise in the Fall by Ana Božičević". Muzzle Magazine. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  7. ↑ Charles, Ron (2014-06-03). "Lambda Awards honor best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  8. 1 2 3 Valinsky, Michael (2017-02-21). "Ana Božičević: On Using Poetry to Make Sense of the World". Lambda Literary Review. ProQuest 1871825340.
  9. ↑ "New Life by Ana Bozičevic". Publishers Weekly. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  10. ↑ "Predstavljena knjiga Povratak lišća Ane Božičević". Hrvatska Matica Iseljenika (in Croatian). 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  11. ↑ "Poet Ana Božičević to read at SUNY Cortland". SUNY Cortland. 2026-04-15. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  12. ↑ "Ana Božičević". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  13. ↑ "It Was Easy to Set the Snow on Fire". Recours au poème (in French). 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  14. ↑ "Announcing the 2012 PEN Literary Awards Recipients". PEN America. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
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