Circe Maia

Circe Maia is a Uruguayan poet, essayist, translator, and teacher of philosophy. She is the author of eleven poetry collections, including Superficies, Breve Sol, and Dualidades. She has received the Medalla Delmira Agustini, 2013; the Premio Bartolome Hidalgo, 2010; the Premio Nacional de Poesia de Uruguay, 2007; and the 2015 Grand National Prize for Intellectual Work from Uruguay’s Ministry of Culture and Education.

The Invisible Bridge / El Puente Invisible

Selected Poems of Circe Maia

Translated by Jesse Lee Kercheval

A bilingual collection, The Invisible Bridge/El Puente Invisible gathers many of the luminous, deeply philosophical poems of Circe Maia, one of the few living poets left of the generation which brought Latin American writing to world prominence.