Catherine Jagoe
Catherine Jagoe was born in Britain and lived in England, Nigeria and Spain before coming to the US in the 1980s. She has a PhD in Spanish literature from the University of Cambridge and has translated two novels, one by the 19th century Spanish author Galdos and the other by the contemporary Argentine writer Elsa Osorio, as well as new Uruguayan poetry by Paula Simonetti, Sebastian Rivero and Luis Bravo. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Casting Off (Parallel Press) and News from the...See more
Catherine Jagoe was born in Britain and lived in England, Nigeria and Spain before coming to the US in the 1980s. She has a PhD in Spanish literature from the University of Cambridge and has translated two novels, one by the 19th century Spanish author Galdos and the other by the contemporary Argentine writer Elsa Osorio, as well as new Uruguayan poetry by Paula Simonetti, Sebastian Rivero and Luis Bravo. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Casting Off (Parallel Press) and News from the North (Finishing Line Press). Her poems have been featured on The Writer's Almanac and Poetry Daily . In 2015, Ms. Jagoe won the Norbert Blei poetry award. Her essays have won a Pushcart Prize and nonfiction awards from the Council for Wisconsin Writers and So to Speak journal. They have also been featured on Wisconsin Public Radio's Wisconsin Life series. See less
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