Reina María Rodríguez

Pendant: Three Poems
Translated from the Spanish by Kristin Dykstra
(Poetry / Winter 2021)

El Quimbo
Translated from the Spanish by Kristin Dykstra
(Prose / Winter 2021)

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Reina María Rodríguez is the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose. She was a Finalist for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Among other awards too numerous to list in full, Rodríguez holds two Casas de las Américas Awards for Poetry (1984, 1998), the Alejo Carpentier Medal for Cuban literature (2002), Cuba’s 2013 National Prize for Literature, and the 2014 Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Award for Poetry. France named her Chevalier in its Order of Arts and Letters in 1999. Her recent books include Achicar (U. Autónoma de Querétero, 2021), Luciérnagas (U. Autónoma de Querétero, 2017), El piano (Bokeh, 2016), Prosas de La Habana: Variedades de Galiano (U. de Valparaíso, 2015), and The Winter Garden Photograph / La foto del invernadero (bilingual; Ugly Duckling Presse, 2019). The Princeton University Library holds her papers.