Miguel Falquez-Certain is the author of six volumes of poetry, six plays, a novella, and a book of short fiction, Triacas, for which he has received several awards. He has a B.A. in Spanish and French (Hunter College, 1980), did his Ph.D. course work in Comparative Literature at New York University (1981-85), and studied the art and theory of translation with Richard Howard and André Lefebvre at NYU. ATA-certified, and a PEN Club and Proz.com member, he has lived in NYC since the seventies working as a translator in five languages.