Dina Greenberg

Over the course of my career, I’ve turned my expertise in trauma-informed writing toward elevating the voices of survivors of war and displacement. This work coalesced in the historical novel, Nermina’s Chance, a narrative exploring intergenerational trauma in the aftermath of war in 1990s Bosnia. Related projects include the interview series “Women of the Bosnian Diaspora;” research on the pre-World War II Jewish Community in Yugoslavia; and the novel-in-progress Ghosts are Falling, about two children living in the shadow of the Bosnian war. Prayers for the Lost & for the Living—a compilation of prose and poetry—was published by Sligo Creek Publishing ( April 2025).

I teach creative writing workshops in academic, community, and NGO settings, and in August 2024, I served as writer in residence at Zvona I Nari Cultural Center in Istria. In 2025 I was awarded a Fulbright International Scholar Award to complete an oral history project in Kosovo entitled: CAPTURING JEWISH NARRATIVES OF KOSOVO:

ORAL HISTORY AS LEGACY. I’ve also been awarded a writing residency at the Croatian Literary Translators Association in Zagreb.

Nominated for The Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and The Millions, my writing appears in international media outlets like Bosna Global and Sarajevo Times; and literary journals including: Bellevue Literary Review, Chautauqua, Tahoma Literary Review, Pembroke Magazine, and Split Rock Review. I hold an MFA in fiction from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and an MLS and BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania.