Hélène Cardona

Hélène Cardona is a poet, linguist, literary translator and actor. She was born in Paris, the daughter of Spanish poet José Manuel Cardona, from Ibiza, and a Greek mother.[1] She is a citizen of the United States, France and Spain.[2]

She studied in the University of Cantabria, Spain and in the Sorbonne in Paris, gaining a master's degree in American Literature.[3] She has received fellowships from the Goethe-Institut and the International University of Andalucía.[3]

Cardona has worked as a translator for the French Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Embassy, and for the film industry.[1][4] her book Life in Suspension won the 2017 International Book Award in Poetry.[5]

Works

She is author of:

  • Dreaming My Animal Selves (Bilingual English/French)[6][7]
  • The Astonished Universe/ L'Univers Stupefait[2]
  • Life in Suspension[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Larry Colker (23 April 2008). "Orange County Poetry Festival Events, May 2–8, 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  2. 1 2 Hélène Cardona (2006). The Astonished Universe. Red Hen Press. ISBN 978-1-59709-077-3. Retrieved 2017-10-21 – via books.google.
  3. 1 2 Tina Hall (17 January 2015). Van Gogh's Ear Volume 9. Crossroad Press. p. 19. GGKEY:N4J51G9CH72.
  4. ↑ "Hélène Cardona - Translating Poetry, Part 1 - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  5. ↑ "International Book Awards - Honoring Excellence in Independent & Mainstream Publishing". internationalbookawards.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  6. ↑ Helene Cardona. Dreaming My Animal Selves. Salmon Poetry; Bilingual edition (1 Oct. 2013). ISBN 978-190883-639-7. ASIN 1908836393 – via amazon.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Hélène Cardona reading 3 poems from Dreaming My Animal Selves". youtube.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  8. ↑ Helene Cardona. Life in Suspension. Salmon Poetry. ISBN 978-1-91066-929-7 – via Amazon.co.uk.
  • "On French: John Ashbery at Le Mot Juste en Anglais : Harriet Staff : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation". poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  • "Cha: An Asian Literary Journal - Hélène Cardona". asiancha.com. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  • "Helene Cardona | Poets & Writers". pw.org. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  • "Book Review: Life in Suspension / La Vie Suspendue by Hélène Cardona - The Los Angeles Review The Los Angeles Review". losangelesreview.org. Retrieved 2017-05-28.


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