Maria A. Costantini

Maria A Costantini was born in Casalvieri, a town near Rome, Italy. In the mid-Fifties, she immigrated with her parents to Detroit, Michigan, at the age of twelve. Maria attended Wayne State University in Detroit, and holds a BA in English Literature, an MA in ESL/Bilingual Education, and a Specialist’s Degree in Educational Administration. She taught in and chaired the English Language Learner Program, K-12, for the Utica Community Schools in Michigan for twenty-eight years. Maria’s poetry and prose have been published in literary magazines in print and online and have won numerous prizes. Maria is the author of two books of poetic English translation from the works of Italian poet Ada Negri (1870-1945). They are titled The Book of Mara and Songs of the Island, and were published simultaneously (New York: Italica Press, 2011