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Manuel Iris | |
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| Born | 1983 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche. |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Education | Autonomous University of Yucatan
New Mexico State University University of Cincinnati |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and teacher |
Manuel Iris (San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, 1983), is a Mexican-born American poet, writer, and educator.
Poet Laureate of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, from 2018 to 2020.[1][2] In 2021, he was incorporated into the National System of Art Creators (SNCA) of Mexico, in the discipline of poetry. He has published ten collections of poems in spanish and english.
Biography
[edit]He began his career as a writer in the workshops of Joaquín Bestard Vázquez at the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY). He has collaborated in online and print publications such as La Otra Revista, Letras Libres, Periodico de Poesia, Altazor Magazine, Post Road Magazine,[3] and The Journal.[4]
He has a degree in Latin American literature from the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY), a master's degree in Latin American literature from the New Mexico State University (USA), and a doctorate in Romance languages from the University of Cincinnati.
Awards and honours
[edit]In 2009 he won the Merida National Poetry Prize for his book Cuaderno de los Sueños, and in 2014 he received the Rodulfo Figueroa Regional Poetry Prize awarded by the state of Chiapas, for Los disfraces del fuego. In addition, in 2018, he won recognitions in the categories of best book of poems and best translation at the International Latino Book Awards, in Los Angeles, California, with her first bilingual anthology Traducir el silencio / Translating Silence.[5]
In 2022, his book The parting present/Lo que se irá[6] was the winner of the Reader’s Choice Award at the Ohioana Book Awards, and a recognition at the International Latino Book Awards 2022.[7]
Works
[edit]Poems
[edit]- Cuaderno de los sueños (2009)
- Los disfraces del fuego (2014)
- La luz desnuda, antología personal (2016)
- Frente al misterio (2016)
- Cincinnati, historia personal (2018)
- Overnight Medley (2018)
- Traducir el silencio / Translating Silence (2018)
- Devocionario (2020)
- Lo que se irá (2021)
- The parting present / Lo que se irá (2021)
Anthologies
[edit]- Postal de Oleaje: poetas mexicanos y colombianos nacidos en los 80 (2013)
- Espejo de doble filo: antología de poesía sobre la violencia México-Colombia (2014)
- Casi una isla: nueve poetas yucatecos nacidos en la década de 1980 (2015)
- Voces de América Latina (2016)
- Antología de la poesía iberoamericana actual (2018)
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview with Cincinnati Poet Laureate Manuel Iris | Latino Book Review". Latino Book Review. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Meet Cincinnati's New Poet Laureate, Manuel Iris". WVXU. 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Clarification + Scar. Manuel Iris". Post Road Magazine. 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Belonging/Pertenencia – The Journal". The Journal a Literary Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Traducir el silencio / Translating Silence". artepoetica.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "The Parting Present / Lo que se irá by Manuel Iris". Dos Madres Press. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "International Latino Book Awards 2022" (PDF). International Latino Book Awards. Retrieved 2022-10-13.