Daisy Zamora

Daisy Zamora: a Nicaraguan poet, essayist, translator, and editor, she is the author of numerous poetry books in Spanish, and several translated collections in the United States and England. She also edited the first comprehensive anthology of Nicaraguan women poets published in Latin America. Her essays, articles, and translations have been widely published, and her poetry appears in anthologies in more than thirty languages, including the Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry. Her latest poetry collections are, La violenta espuma, published in 2017 by Visor Libros (Spain), and Cerrada luz, published by Editorial Summa (Peru). Her awards include the Mariano Fiallos Gil National Poetry Prize of Nicaragua and a California Arts Council Fellowship. She has given poetry readings and lectures throughout the world, including many venues in the U.S. She was recently featured in director Jenny Murray’s award winning documentary ¡Las Sandinistas!, and was a featured poet in Bill Moyer’s PBS series The Language of Life. She teaches Latin American and Latino literature at San Francisco State University, and is married to U.S. writer George Evans.