Maire Kurrik the Courage to Reward Experience
Professor Maire J. Kurrik of Barnard specializes in novel and romantic poetry and literary theory. A 1961 Vassar graduate and Fulbright at Cambridge, she has taught since 1968 and emphasizes intercultural and inter-disciplinary study with a dynamic, provocative approach. Born in Estonia in 1940, she fled wartime Europe, lived in Germany, and migrated to New York as a child, shaping her literary interests and teaching.