Anna Badkhen

Anna Badkhen is the author of eight books of nonfiction. Her essay collection Bright Unbearable Reality was longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award and the 2023 Jan Michalski international prize for literature. Her awards include the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barry Lopez Visiting Writer in Ethics and Community Fellowship, and the Joel R. Seldin Award from Psychologists for Social Responsibility for writing about civilians in war zones. She was born in the Soviet Union and is a US citizen.