Carlos Soto Román

Carlos Soto Román is an acclaimed poet, translator, and literary critic known for his dynamic contributions to the creation and comparative study of poetry and translation across languages.

Soto Román has authored nine books or chapbooks of poetry in Spanish, including notable works such as 11 (2017), Chile Project [Re-Classified] (2015), Haikú Minero (2007), Tercera Estrofa (2022), and La Marcha de los Quiltros (1999). His poetry has been translated into English and German and published in Australia, England, Germany, and Spain. As an accomplished translator, he has translated works by prominent North American poets such as Alexis Almeida, Derek Beaulieu, Victoria Chang, Craig Dworkin, Charles Reznikoff, Aram Saroyan, Ron Silliman, and Frank Sherlock. His creative work has earned awards in Chile and abroad and his collaborations have been showcased in festivals and exhibitions in Argentina, France, Germany, Mexico, and Norway. 11, which explores the 1973 Chilean military coup and subsequent dictatorship through documentary poetics, received the Municipal Poetry Prize in 2018 and was published in English by Ugly Duckling Presse in June 2023.