Víctor Rodríguez Núñez


Víctor Rodríguez Núñez is a Cuban poet, journalist, literary critic and translator.
In addition to Cuba, he has lived in Nicaragua, Colombia, and the United States, where he is currently a Professor of Spanish at Kenyon College.

Poetry

Rodríguez Núñez has published over twenty books of poetry, including:
Rodríguez Núñez has won numerous prizes for his poetry:
Collections of Rodríguez Núñez’s poetry has been translated into the following languages:
A wide selection of his poetry has also been translated into Arabic, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, and Slovenian.

Cultural Journalism

During the eighties Rodríguez Núñez wrote for and was the editor of El Caimán Barbudo, one of Cuba’s leading cultural magazines, where he published dozens of articles on literature and film. A selection of his interviews with Hispanic poets appears in La poesía sirve para todo.
He is currently the assistant director of the Mexican cultural journal, La Otra.

Literary Criticism

Rodríguez Núñez has compiled three influential anthologies that have defined his poetic generation:
Most recently, he introduced and compiled a major anthology of 20th century poetry in Cuba, Poesía cubana: Antología esencial, for the Spanish publisher Visor.
His book-length study on Gabriel García Márquez’s non-fiction, Cien años de solidaridad was awarded the Enrique José Varona Prize in 1986.
Rodríguez Núñez has published various critical editions, introductions, and essays on Spanish American poets including:
Rodríguez Núñez is also a translator.
From Spanish into English, titles include:
From Spanish into English:
He is an Associate Editor for Salt Publishing’s Earthwork’s Series of Latin American Poetry in Translation.

Interviews, Essays and Reviews