Fabián O. Iriarte is a queer poet from Argentina. Iriarte was born in Laprida, in the province of Buenos Aires, in 1963. Since 1979 he has lived in Mar del Plata. He holds a PhD in Humanities from the University of Texas (1999). He teaches English, American, and Comparative literature at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, where he is also is the co-director of the research groups, “Problemas de la Literatura Comparada” and “Cultura y Política en Argentina” (Centro de Letras Hispanoamericanas). He is an editor of the online review, Cuarenta Naipes.

His poetry awards include Baltasara Editora (2017), Lobo de Mar (2015), Casa Museo Olga Orozco (2013), Osvaldo Soriano (2006), and Alfonsina (2004). He was a guest poet at the 19th Festival Internacional de Poesía de Rosario in September 2011.

His poetry collections include Pocas probabilidades de lluvia (El Jardín de las Delicias, 2021), Al comienzo era sólo un murmullo (EUDEM / Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 2017), Sópola temprar (Baltasara Editora, 2017), Las causas del desconcierto (Zindo & Gafuri, 2016), El punto suspensivo (Letra Sudaca, 2014), Litmus Test (UNL, 2013), La Caja P (Ediciones del Dock, 2012), Las confesiones (Huesos de Jibia, 2012), Cuentas por saldar (Ediciones en Danza, 2010), Devoción por el azar (Bajo la Luna, 2010), La mudanza (Gogol, 2009), and La intemperie sin fin (Melusina, 2001).

We could not be more pleased that our first Argentinian translation project is Iriarte’s first full-length in English, The Confessions, translated by Lawrence Schimel.