Mirlo/Blackbird

Sergio Coddou

Sergio Coddou was born in Santiago de Chile in 1973. He is the author of two books of poems: Lyrics (Rottweiler Editions, 2005) and Machina (Tacitas Editions, 2007). In 2013 he published a translation of Robert Lowell’s poetry and prose, Apuntes Autobiograficos (UDP Editions, 2013). He has written articles, columns and essays about literature and music which have been published in Artes y Letras, “Revista de Libros” and various other journals. He is married and the father of four children. He has a B.A. in literature from the Catholic University of Chile (1998) and a graduate degree in General Literature from the University of Chile (2003). He is currently translating the prose and poetry of Delmore Schwartz for UDP Editions and is at work on a project that combines prose and poetry, whose working title is Bildungsroman.