Vesna Parun was a Croatin free artist, writing poetry, essays, criticism and children's literature, and translated works from Slovene, German, French and Bulgarian. Dasha C. Nisula (translator) teaches Russian and Croatian languages, literature, and culture. She is a translator of poetry and short stories from these languages, and the author of four books, numerous articles, reviews, and translations. Her work has appeared in An Anthology of South Slavic Literatures, and the literary journals Modern Poetry in Translation, Southwestern Review, International Poetry Review, and Massachusetts Review, among others. She is a member of the American Literary Translators Association, living and working in Kalamazoo, Michigan.