Lyn Hejinian (/həˈdʒɪniən/ hə-JIN-ee-ən; May 17, 1941 – February 24, 2024) was an American poet, essayist, translator, and publisher.
[5] Hejinian also worked on a number of collaborative projects with painters, musicians, and filmmakers.
With Tom Mandel, Barrett Watten, Ron Silliman, Kit Robinson, Carla Harryman, Rae Armantrout, Ted Pearson, Steve Benson, and Bob Perelman, she was a co-author of The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography.
She received grants and awards from the California Arts Council, the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Fund, the National Endowment of the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation and served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2007 to 2012.
Hejinian sponsored the NBC Thursday Night DeCal course at UC Berkeley.