Pamela Carmell

Pamela Carmell received a BS in Spanish Studies, an MA in Spanish Literature, and an MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translation. She has studied in Mexico and lived in Spain. In 2008 she was awarded a Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts to translate Oppiano Licario by José Lezama Lima. She co-edited and co-translated the short story collection Cuba on the Edge, published in 2007. In 2000, she was chosen to participate in Writers of the Americas, a writers’ exchange in Havana. Her translations include: With Eyes and Soul: Poems by Nancy Morejón (co-translator); The Last Portrait of the Duchess of Alba by Antonio Larreta; The Last Cato by Matilde Ascensi; Woman on the Front Line, poetry by Belkis Cuza Malé, which received the Witter Bynner Poetry Award; and the best-selling trilogy, Apocalypse Z, by Manel Loureiro. (Photo Credit: Cubanabooks)