Cecilia Woloch

Cecilia Woloch (born 1956) is an American poet, writer and teacher, known for her work in communities throughout the U.S. and around the world.

She is a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship recipient and the author of six collections of poems, a novel, and numerous essays.

Woloch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up there and in rural Kentucky,[1] one of seven children of a homemaker and an airplane mechanic.

The text of her second book, Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem, has been adapted for multi-media presentations in the U.S., France, Greece, and Poland.

Her essays have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, The New Southerner, and the Journal of Polish American Historical Association.