UTRGV Distinguished Artist Series: Jasminne Mendez

Playwright, Translator and Award Winning Author

Jasmine Mendez is the author of two hybrid memoirs, Island of Dreams (Floricanto Press) and Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry (Arte Público Press). Her second YA memoir, Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American (Arte Público Press) is forthcoming in Summer 2022 and her debut poetry collection, City Without Altar, was a finalist for the Noemi Press Book Award for Poetry and will be released in August 2022. As a translator she has translated Amanda Gorman’s best-selling Change Sings into the Spanish edition La canción del cambio and has translated librettos for The Houston Grand Opera.

 

For questions or special accommodations, please contact the UTRGV Creative Writing Department at (956) 665-3252 or (956) 665-3881.

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Dramaturgo, Traductor y Autor Galardonado

Jasmine Mendez es autora de dos memorias híbridas, Island of Dreams (Floricanto Press) y Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry (Arte Público Press). Su segundo libro de memorias juveniles, Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American (Arte Público Press) se publicará en el verano de 2022 y su colección de poesía debut, City Without Altar, fue finalista del Noemi Press Book Award for Poetry y se lanzará en agosto de 2022. Como traductora ha traducido el best-seller Change Sings de Amanda Gorman a la edición española La canción del cambio y ha traducido libretos para The Houston Grand Opera.

 

Para preguntas o adaptaciones especiales, comuníquese con el Departamento de Escritura Creativa de UTRGV al (956) 665-3252 o (956) 665-3881.