RAÚL ZURITA, winner of the National Literature Prize of Chile and the Pablo Neruda Prize, is one of the most widely acclaimed and innovative Latin American poets writing today. His books in English translation include "Anteparadise" (translated by Jack Schmitt), "Purgatory" (translated by Anna Deeny), "INRI" (translated by William Rowe) and "Song for His Disappeared Love" (translated by Daniel Borzutzky). Zurita Lives in Chile.
This reading is free, open to the public and sponsored by the Georges Lurcy Lecture Fund and the Amherst College Spanish Department.