This is a collection of poems by ted Brazilian poet and velist Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares, translated into English for the first time by Goverr General Award winning Hugh Hazelton. The book contains an introduction to the poet and presents the English-language translations alongside the original poetry.
Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares is an award-winning Brazilian poet and author. She has received the 1974 APCA Award for literature, the 1985 Mercedes Benz Award for literature, and the 1991 Jabuti Award for fiction. Hugh Hazelton is an award-winning writer and translator and a professor at Concordia University Montreal. His work includes the English translation of Pablo Urbanyi s Silver, and he is the author of LatinocanadaA Critical Study of Ten Latin American Writers of Canada .