Anna Frajlich is a nationally recognized poet, educator, and scholar. She is an author of 17 books of poetry. She is the recipient of the 1981 Kościelski Foundation of Switzerland literary prize, a 2003 Literary Prize from W. & N. Turzański Foundation (Toronto, Canada).

She is a member of Polish Writers Association, Polish PEN, and the American PEN, member of the board of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, a member of The Kościuszko Foundation, and the American Assoc. of Slavic and East European Languages. Anna lives in New York since emigrating from Poland in 1970.