COLIN CARBERRY (Canada/Ireland)
Colin Carberry was born in Toronto, Canada and raised in Ireland. He is the author of the poetry collections The Crossing (Bearing Press, 1998), The Green Table (Exile Editions, 2003), and Ceasefire in Purgatory (Luna Publications, 2007). He has also translated from the Spanish of the great Mexican poet Jaime Sabines, Love Poems (Bibioasis, 2011), and an earlier volume of Sabines' verse. Colin Carberry's own poetry has been translated into many languages and has been widely anthologised. He has read from his work on radio and television, and at literary festivals, book fairs, embassies, and universities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia. He lives in Mexico. |
ABOUT JAIME SABINES
"One of the finest contemporary poets of our language…his intense personal opus is in my view among the most important in Latin America and the Spanish language."
 Octavio Paz
"One of the indispensable poets, not just of Mexico, but of all of Latin America and the Spanish language."
Mario Benedetti
"His best poems are revelations of truths, odd truths, truths we immediately accept, which we have long suspected as truths but have never before heard articulated."
Philip Levine
ABOUT CARBERRY'S TRANSLATIONS
"He was hooked, determined (destined?) to translate Sabines, which he has done – capturing all the poet's complex sensibility – his alert eye, his sensuousness, his mordant humour."
Barry Callaghan
"The best airing Sabines has received in English to date."
Stephen Henigan (on Love Poems)
"Apart from producing excellent translations, Colin Carberry is fast becoming the greatest promoter of my father's work. I thank and congratulate him."
Judith Sabines
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