Mark S. Burrows

Mark S. Burrows is a poet, scholar, teacher, and award- winning translator of German poetry. His recent books include The Chance of Home: Poems and two collections inspired by the writings of the medieval mystic Meister Eckhart. His translation of Rilke's Prayers of a Young Poet is the only English version of poems Rilke later included, in revised form, in The Book of Hours . Burrows is also the translator of Iranian- German exile SAID's 99 Psalms . He edits poetry for Spiritus and Wildhouse...See more

Mark S. Burrows is a poet, scholar, teacher, and award- winning translator of German poetry. His recent books include The Chance of Home: Poems and two collections inspired by the writings of the medieval mystic Meister Eckhart. His translation of Rilke's Prayers of a Young Poet is the only English version of poems Rilke later included, in revised form, in The Book of Hours . Burrows is also the translator of Iranian- German exile SAID's 99 Psalms . He edits poetry for Spiritus and Wildhouse Publications, and lives in Camden, Maine. See less