Mariela Griffor

Mariela Griffor

Born	(1961-09-29) September 29, 1961 Concepcion, Chile
Nationality	Chile
Occupation	Poet, Translator, Diplomat
Known for	Poetry, Publisher
Website
www.marielagriffor.com

Mariela Griffor (born September 29, 1961, Concepcion, Chile), is a poet, editor, publisher and diplomat. She is author of three poetry collections, Exiliana, House and most recently, The Psychiatrist (Eyewear Publishing, 2013), and has had her poems and translations published in many literary journals and magazines including Poetry International, Washington Square Review , Texas Poetry Review, and Éditions d'art Le Sabord, in anthologies including Poetry in Michigan / Michigan in Poetry, from New Issues Press.

Early life

Griffor was born in Concepcion, Chile.^[1]^[2] She attended the University of Santiago^[2] and the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.^[3] She left Chile for an involuntary exile in Sweden in 1985.^[1]^[4] Griffor holds a B.A in Journalism from Wayne State University and a M.F.A in Creative Writing from New England College.^[3] She and her American husband returned to the United States in 1998 with their two daughters.^[2]^[4] They live in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.^[2]^[4]

Career

Griffor is co-founder of the institute for Creative Writers at Wayne State University and Publisher of Marick Press.^[2]^[4] Her work has appeared in Passages North, Cerise Press, Washington Square Review, Texas Poetry Review and many others.^[3] She is the author of Exiliana (Luna Publications) and House (Mayapple Press).^[5] Her latest publication is The Psychiatrist (Eyewear Publishing). She is honorary consul of Chile in Michigan.

Griffor writes about her homeland of Chile, and her immigrant experiences as an exile in both Sweden and the United States.^[4]^[6]

Works

Griffor, who is bilingual, is a rare exception among lyrical Chilean writers that publishes here [Chile] and in other places. In Resolana one notices an exceptional consistency, a coherence in contrast to the robust naturalism of our tradition and, above all, a profound cultural formation – without a doubt, immersed in the North American lyric, especially Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore – consolidated in hymns to the common and current, in the everyday, in the allusion to the flora and fauna that, without extending in manifest form, uses symbols and literary resources so that the verbal weight asserts itself to her readers. If one has to position Griffor within the recent history of Chilean poetry, her art is closest to poets such as Jorge Teillier, Delia Domínguez and the early Enrique Lihn.

Poetry

Exiliana, [Luna Publications] ISBN 978-0978147105 (Toronto, CANADA), 2007^[5]
House, [Mayapple Press] ISBN 978-0932412-539 (Bay City, Michigan, USA), 2007^[5]
The Psychiatrist, [Eyewear Publishing] ISBN 978-1-908998-11-8 (London, ENGLAND), 2013^[5]
Resolana, El Taller del Poeta ISBN 978-84-941529-4-8 (Madrid, SPAIN), 2013 ^[5]

Editing

Poetry International,Issue 13/14 2009 Special Double Issue Featuring Chilean Poetry Today [San Diego State University Press] ISBN 1-879691-90-6 ISSN 103-054-X (San Diego, California), 2009

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Kaminsky, Ilya. "Exiliana". Raven Chronicles. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 McMacken, Heather. "Mariela Griffor -- Marick Press' Founder's Remarkable Life". The Detroiter. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Exiliana by Mariela Griffor". CutBank Reviews. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Aart, Greta; Mariela Griffor. "Seeking a New You: Speaking with Mariela Griffor". Cerise Press. Cerise Press. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Mariela Griffor". Small Press Distribution. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ Maxwell-Snyder, Hope. "The Language of Loss by Mariela Griffor". The Montserrat Review. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

External links

Official website
Marick Press
"Ma Demeure Brûle" by Mariela Griffor translated by Guy Jean (1) on YouTube
The Psychiatrist" by Mariela Griffor
Death in Argentina" by Mariela Griffor

Reviews

Marks, Camilo. "Resolana/Sunspots by Mariela Griffor". Web del Sol. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
Aistars, Zinta. "Exiliana, poetry by Mariela Griffor". Zinta Reviews. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
Etcheverry, Jorge. "En torno a un libro de Mariela Griffor". letras.s5.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.