Love Poems

His own poetry has been translated into many languages. Colin has read from his work on radio and television, and at book fairs, embassies, literary festivals and universities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia. He lives in Mexico.

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Colin Carberry was born in Toronto and raised in Ireland. He is the author of the poetry collections The Crossing (Bearing Press, 1998), The Green Table (Exile, 2003) and Ceasefire in Purgatory (Luna, 2007), and is the translator of an earlier volume of Sabines’s verse.

He received numerous literary awards and honours over the course of his career, including the City of Mexico Prize, the National Prize for Literature, and the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honour, the highest award bestowed by the Mexican government. Often regarded as one of the major poets of the twentieth century, he died in Mexico City in March 1999.

Several of his later titles are considered classics, and his poetry continues to be anthologized and widely translated

Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez, Mexico’s most influential modern poet, was born in Chiapas in 1926. His first collection, Horal, appeared in 1950 and met with widespread critical a

Virtual Writer: Creative Writing, Literary News and Re

Variety Crossing 12: Transcriptions. Ed. Dae-Tong Huh

The Green Table. Ed. Barry Callaghan

Exile: The Literary Quarterly

the translator is deeply indebted to Stephen Henighan for his expert editorial guidance, and Verónica Garza Flores for bewitching me with the poetry of Jaime Sabines that rainy August afternoon.