María Auxiliadora Álvarez

María Auxiliadora Álvarez, a Venezuelan poet, translator, and essayist, was born in Caracas on February 3, 1956. She is the author of two books of essays and fourteen collections of poetry, including Un sol caído avanza [A Sun Behind Us] (Akashic Books, 2025). In 2021, La mañana imaginada [The Imagined Morning], an anthology of Álvarez’s collected works was published by Pre-Textos. Her poetry has been translated into many languages. 

Álvarez’s honors and awards include the National Poetry Series’ 2024 Paz Prize for Poetry. She is a professor emerita at Miami University in Ohio, where she taught Spanish literature. She lives in Hallandale Beach, Florida.