Eduardo ChirinosEduardo Chirinos, born in 1960 in Lima, Peru, was the author of some twenty books of poetry as well as volumes of academic criticism, essays, translations, children's books, and occasional pieces. A former professor of Spanish at the Department of Moern and Classical Languages and Literatures of the University of Montana, his most recent poetry titles include Breve historia de la música (2001, winner of the inaugural Casa de América Prize for Latin American Poetry), Escrito en Missoula (2003), No tengo ruiseñores en el dedo (2006), Humo de incendios lejanos (2009), Catorce formas de melancolía (2010), Mientras el lobo está (2010, winner of the XII Generation of '27 Poetry Prize), Treinta y cinco lecciones de biología (y tres crónicas dicácticas) (2013), and Medicinas para quebrantamientos del halcón (2014). Six collections of his poetry have appeared in English, all translated by G. J. Racz: the anthology Reasons for Writing Poetry (Salt Publishing, 2011), Written in Missoula (The University of Montana Press, 2011), The Smoke of Distant Fires (Open Letter, 2012), While the Wolf Is Around (Diálogos Books, 2014), Thirty-Five Zoology Lessons (and Other Didactic Poems) (D íazGrey Editores, 2015), and Medicine for the Ailments of Falcons (Literal Publishing, 2015). In 2013, Chirinos was fellow in residence at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. He died as this collection was being ushered into print. Read More Read Less