Mere Diary: Broken Bowl Poetry, cartea 13

Mercedes Roffé (Buenos Aires, 1954) is one of Argentina's most renowned contemporary poets. Her books have been widely published in the Spanish-speaking world and, in translation, in Italy, France, UK, Quebec (Canada), Brazil, Romania, Lebanon, and the United States. Among other distinctions, she was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in poetry (2001), and a Civitella Ranieri Foundation Center residency fellowship (2012). In 2021 she received the Casa Bukowski International Poetry Prize for her trajectory. In 2023, the Academia de las Bellas Letras de Madrid, Spain, awarded her the Dámaso Alonso Prize for her lifetime achievements. She divides her time between New York City and her hometown, Buenos Aires.