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Lee Gurga

Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Gurga was born and raissed in Chicago and currently resides in Lincoln, Illinois.

Biography: Gurga is a dentist and a poet. He is the Associate Editor for Haiku Journal and past president of Haiku Society.

Awards:

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: gurga@ccaonline.com
Lee Gurga on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=lee+gurga

Selected Titles

  A solitary leaf :
ISBN: 0963146742 OCLC: 49541009

Haiku Society of America : Decatur, IL : ©1997.

  Fresh scent :
ISBN: 0913719862 OCLC: 40122902

Brooks Books, Decatur, Ill. : ©1998.

Haiku :
ISBN: 0974189405 OCLC: 56322462

Modern Haiku Press, Lincoln, Ill. : 2003.

  Midwest haiku anthology /
ISBN: 0913719943 OCLC: 26951951

High/Coo Press, Decatur, Ill. : ©1992.

 

 

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