Canadian Poets Series #36 : Beatriz Hausner
Of She Who Lies Above , her latest poetry collection, the critic, Michael Löwy has said: “Haunted by the ghosts of Greek tragedy, Romanticism, Surrealism and Latin-American poetry, Beatriz Hausner [photo credit: Maria Vega] forges a world all her own, a unique alchemical fusion of sensuality and spirituality, eroticism and irony, red quicksilver and green sulfur." The Chilean-Canadian author has several poetry collections to her name, including The Wardrobe Mistress (2003), Sew Him Up (2010), Enter the Raccoon (2012) , Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (2020) as well as many limited edition chapbooks, most recently The Oh Oh . Her books have been published internationally and translated into several languages, including her native Spanish, French, and most recently Greek. The Secret Life of Plants is a recent example of the collaborative work she does with visual and performance artists. Beatriz Hausner writes extensively about surrealism and her translations of Spanish America...
