Biography

Daniel Joseph Polikoff, Author/Poet

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In addition to his diverse book publications, Daniel Joseph Polikoff's poems and translations have appeared in over seventy journals (including “The Literary Review,” “Nimrod,” and “Gulf Coast”) as well as several anthologies, and earned him a Pushcart Prize nomination from “The Louisiana Review.” He has published essays on diverse topics in journals such as Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology and New View (a journal disseminating ideas inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy). A Rilke scholar, he has presented on the poet at numerous venues over many years and published Rilke-related matter in German as well as English.

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The recipient of a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Cornell University and a Diploma in Waldorf Education from Rudolf Steiner college, Dr. Polikoff has taught at Waldorf High Schools, Sonoma State University and the California Institute of Integral studies. He is presently adjunct professor in the Jungian and Archetypal Studies program at the Pacifica Graduate Institute near Santa Barbara and holds the post of Magister Ludi at the new Kosmos Institute for Myth, Esotericism and Archetypes (kosmosinstitute.org).