Facts: - institution: northwestern university - field: russian literature - name: clare cavanagh - occupation: translator , critic , professor - image: thumb - nationality: american - alma mater: harvard university -lrb- ph.d. -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of clare cavanagh .
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clare cavanagh -lrb- born may 23 , 1956 -rrb- is an american literary critic , a slavist , a translator , and chair of the department of slavic languages and literatures at northwestern university .she is an acclaimed translator of contemporary polish poetry , and is currently under contract to write the authorized biography of czesaw miosz .she holds a b.a from the university of california , santa cruz , and an m.a. and ph.d from harvard university -lrb- 1978 , 1981 and 1988 respectively -rrb- .before coming to northwestern university , she taught at the university of wisconsin , madison .her work has been translated into russian , polish , hungarian , french , dutch , chinese , and japanese .