Beatriz Hausner
Born in Chile, Beatriz Hausner (Toronto, ON) is a poet and the translator of some 20 titles of poetry, fiction and children’s literature, principally from Spanish into English. Her poetry is rooted in the traditions of Spanish America and international Surrealism and most of her translations have focused on the writers of those literatures, including Rosamel del Valle, Enrique Molina, Olga Orozco and César Moro. She was President of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada, and was one of the founders of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. She works as a public librarian in Toronto.
Beatriz Hausner is the representative of the League of Canadian Poets.
