Julio Marzán

Julio Marzán was born in Puerto Rico and at the age of four months, he was brought to New York. He has a B.A. in English from Fordham U., an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature and Linguistics from New York University. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of English at Nassau Community College. In the Spring of 2006, he was a Visiting Associate Professor of Romance Languages at Harvard University.As a poet he has won the 92nd Street Y...See more

Julio Marzán was born in Puerto Rico and at the age of four months, he was brought to New York. He has a B.A. in English from Fordham U., an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature and Linguistics from New York University. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of English at Nassau Community College. In the Spring of 2006, he was a Visiting Associate Professor of Romance Languages at Harvard University.As a poet he has won the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center Discovery Award and The New School's Dylan Thomas Award. He has published two poetry books, 'Translations without Originals' and, in Spanish, 'Puerta de Tierra', and his translations of selected poems by Luis Palés Matos in 'Selected Poems/Poesía Selecta: Luis Palés Matos'. Most recent is 'The Glue Trap and Other Poems'. His poems have appeared in the distinguished journals, among them, 'Prairie Schooner', 'New Letters', 'Parnassus', 'Ploughshares', 'Tin House', '3 Quarks Daily', and 'Harper's' Magazine, and selections appear in numerous college texts, including 'The Bedford Introduction to Literature', 2nd-10th eds., 'The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature', 2nd-10th eds., and 'Poetry: An Introduction'. From 2004-2007 he was Poet Laureate of Queens, New York. A profile of him was published in the Fall 2009 issue of 'Columbia' Magazine. In nonfiction, he has published 'The Numinous Site: The Poetry of Luis Palés Matos', 'Luna', 'Luna: Creative Writing Ideas from Spanish', 'Latin American, and Latino Literature', and 'The Spanish American Roots of William Carlos Williams'. As a novelist he has published 'The Bonjour Gene' and 'Don't Let Me Die in Disneyland: The 3-D Life of Eddie Loperena'. See less