Randi Ward is a poet, translator, lyricist, and photographer from West Virginia. She earned her MA in Cultural Studies from the University of the Faroe Islands and has twice won the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Nadia Christensen Prize. Her work has appeared in Asymptote, Words Without Borders, World Literature Today, and other publications. She is a recipient of Shepherd University’s Appalachian Photography Award. Cornell University Library established the Randi Ward Collection in its Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in 2015. In 2024, The government of the Faroe Islands honored Ward with Heiðursgáva Landsins, a national award for distinguished service to Faroese culture.
