Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright translates texts of contemporary German authors, especially lyric poetry, into English.

From September 1994 till July 1995 during an academic year in Berlin she had been translating, amongst others, the German-Turkish poets Zafer Şenocak and Zehra Çırak.

After that she worked as a lecturer in Arkansas, and gave seminars at Boston University and at Oberlin College.

Together with Zafer Şenocak she had bilingual readings in Memphis, New York City, Cambridge, San Francisco und Los Angeles.

Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright works at a medical translation agency in Boston.