Kristin Dykstra Translator & Author

Angel Escobar was born in Cuba's eastern province of Guantanamo in 1957. A student of theater, Escobar moved to Havana in 1977. His work includes the poetry collections Viejas palabras de uso (Old Well-Used Words), Cuentame lo que me pasa (Tell Me What's Happening to Me), Cuando sali de La Habana (When I Left Havana), and the theater piece Ya nadie saluda al rey (Now No One Greets the King). His work received the Premio David in 1978 and the Premio Roberto Branly in 1985. Kristin Dykstra, recipient of the 2012 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship, also translated Reina Maria Rodriguez's Other Letters to Milena / Otras cartas a Milena and Juan Carols Flores's The Counterpunch (and Other Horizontal Poems) / El contragolpe (y otros poemas horizontales), as well as various other books of Cuban poetry.