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Eléna Rivera [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
speakleaf@gmail.com
Bio: 

Eléna Rivera is a poet and translator. Born in Mexico City, and raised in Paris, France, she now resides in New York City. She is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, most recently Scaffolding (Princeton University Press, 2017) and A Test of Labor (Essay Press, 2015). She is the winner of the 2010 Robert Fagles prize for her translation of Bernard Noël's The Rest of the Voyage (2011). 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
French
Spanish
Twitter/X: 
speakleaf
Born in: 
Mexico City
Mexico
Raised in: 
Paris
France
Website: 
https://www.elenarivera.net [2]
Prizes won: 

2010 Robert Fagles Translation Prize, National Poetry Series

2010 National Endowment for the Arts in Translation

1999 The Frances Jaffer Poetry Award, Kelsey Street Press

1998 First Prize, Stand Magazine 2nd International Poetry Competition, UK

1996 The Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative American Poetry 1994-1995

What I'm reading now: 
Marcher jusqu'au soir by Lydie Salvayre
Writers Retreats: 
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
MacDowell
Millay Arts

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/elena_rivera

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/elena_rivera [2] https://www.elenarivera.net