Marco Antonio Campos
Marco Antonio Campos (* 1949 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican poet, prose writer, essayist and literary translator. He is the director of the Encuentro de Poetas del Mundo Latino, a highly regarded literary event in the Spanish-speaking world.
Works (selection)
- Muertos y disfraces (1974)
- Monologues (1985)
- Los adioses del forastero (1996)
- Viernes en Jerusalén (2005)
- Dime dónde, en qué país (2010)
Awards
- Premio Xavier Villaurrutia (1992)
- Premio Iberoamericano Ramón López Velarde for poetry (2010)
- Pablo Neruda Medal of Honor (2004)
- Premio Casa de América for Poetry (2005)
Literary translations
Marco Antonio Campos has translated works by Charles Baudelaire , Arthur Rimbaud , André Gide , Antonin Artaud , Giuseppe Ungaretti , Salvatore Quasimodo , Cesare Pavese , Georg Trakl and Carlos Drummond de Andrade , among others . His own poems have been translated into English, French, German, Italian and Dutch.
Web links
- Information about Marco Antonio Campos (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Campos, Marco Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican poet, prose writer, essayist and literary translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |