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The renowned writer and Mexican poet, Pedro Serrano, will present his book of poems, Peatlands in Waterstones Picadilly, London. Serrano is a Lecturer at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico’s National University, best known as UNAM for its Spanish acronym), he has also taught at the Universidad de Barcelona and Georgetown University, among others. He co-edited and co-translated, together with Carlos López Beltrán, the ground-breaking anthology The Lamb Generation, which contributed to spread British contemporary poetry in Mexico. He has also translated Shakespeare's King John into Spanish. Many of his poems have been translated into English and have been published widely in the UK and abroad. He is the editor of the UNAM’s Periódico de Poesía, an online poetry journal. |
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Peatlands (Arc Publications) is Serrano’s first full-length collection to be published in the UK and constitutes a volume of selected poems that draws on all his collections since 1986, chosen by both the poet and his accomplished translator, Anna Crowe. The introduction of the book is by the Scottish poet W.N. Herbert. These wide-ranging, passionate and linguistically thrilling poems form a beautifully balanced introduction to Serrano’s work. |
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Serrano will be accompanied in the event by translator Anna Crowe and the book’s editor Angela Jarman. The event will take place at Waterstones Picadilly, one of the largest bookshops in Europe in the heart of London's West End. |
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