Poet and Translator Lucien Stryk has Died January 30, 2013: This week we were saddened by the news of Lucien Stryk's passing. In addition to writing numerous books of poetry and poetry in translation, Stryk was a long-time professor of English at Northern Illinois University. NIU Today reports: The NIU community is mourning the loss of Lucien Stryk, an internationally acclaimed Zen poet and former [...] by Harriet Staff