Víctor Rodríguez Núñez

Víctor Rodríguez Núñez (Havana, 1955) is an outstanding poet, journalist, literary critic, translator, and scholar. Many of his eleven books of poetry have been recipients of important awards, including the David Prize (Cuba, 1980), the Plural Prize (Mexico, 1983), the EDUCA Prize (Costa Rica, 1995), the Renacimiento Prize (Spain, 2000), the Fray Luis de León Prize (Spain 2005), and the Leonor Prize (Spain 2006). Among his books are Cayama (1979), Con raro olor a mundo (1981), Noticiario del solo (1987), Los poemas de nadie y otros poemas (1994), El último a la feria (1995), Oración inconclusa (2000), Con raro olor a mundo: Primera antología (2004), Actas de medianoche I (2006), Actas de medianoche II (2007) and Todo buen corazón es un prismático: Antología poética, 1975-2005 (2010). His poems have been included in various American and British journals, among others, The Kenyon Review, Denver Quarterly, Poetry Wales, New England Review, The Bitter Oleander, Mid-American Review, The New York Quarterly, Chelsea, The Literary Review, Pleiades, Cream City Review, New Letters, Salt Hill, Agni, and Circumference. ARC Publications recently released in English his collection, The Infinite’s Ash. A wide selection of his poetry has also been translated into Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian and Swedish. During the eighties, he was the editor of El Caimán Barbudo, one of Cuba’s leading cultural magazines. He has compiled three anthologies that define his poetic generation, and published various critical editions, introductions, and essays on Spanish American poets. Among his translations are books by Margaret Randall and John Kinsella. He is currently an Associate Professor of Spanish at Kenyon College.

Translations by Katherine M. Hedeen