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Frances Simán

Frances Simán (Honduras, 1984) is a translator and editor. She is the founder of the publishing house Los Amorosos and a member of the editorial board of Cisne Negro in Honduras. She has translated the works of poets such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Najwan Darwish, Omar Sakr, Mihaela Moscaliuc, and Michael Waters. In 2023, she was awarded the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Prize for her contributions to translation and publishing in Honduras, as well as the Equinoccial Prize at the Paralelo Cero Poetry Festival in Ecuador.

  • Translation Portfolio: Nine Contemporary Latin American Poets translated by Frances Simán with Mihaela Moscaliuc

    You have introduced me, over the few years we’ve known each other, to so many exciting voices in contemporary poetry from Latin America. I have no doubt that selecting just a handful of poets for this portfolio was not particularly easy.