"Rosina Neginsky teaches Art History and Comparative Literature at the University of Illinois, USA. She is the author of several books, including Salome: The Image of a Woman Who Never Was (2013), numerous articles on Russian and European artists, poets and writers, and books of poetry, the latest of which is In the Garden of Luxembourg (2015). She is the President and founder of the international interdisciplinary organization Art, Literature, Music in Symbolism and Decadence (ALMSD, http://www.uis.edu/hosted-orgs/ALMSD/index.html), and the editor of various books on Symbolism. Neginsky is a 2008 recipient of the University Scholar Award, the most prestigious award which the University of Illinois gives to members of its faculty.".