Bilingual Poet, Translator, and Mathematician · Professor of Mathematics, Salem State University
Pedro Poitevin, a bilingual poet, translator, and mathematician originally from Guatemala, is the author of six books of poetry, including Nowhere at Home (Penteract Press, UK, 2023) and Letras griegas (Praxis, Mexico, 2022). His work has appeared in Rattle, River Styx, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Nimrod, Molecule, Think, and other venues.
In 2022, he received the Juana Goergen Poetry Prize, and in 2025, the Premio Internacional Rever de Poesía Palindrómica. Translations of Miguel Hernández by Poitevin have appeared in Asymptote, and Philip Nikolayev's translations of his Spanish-language poems have appeared in The Common.
Awards
- Winner of the 2022 Juana Goergen Poetry Prize
- Winner of the 2025 Premio Internacional Rever de Poesía Palindrómica
- Winner of a 2025 Mutum Award
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Academic
Salem State University
Department of Mathematics