Cecilia Pavón (b. 1973, Mendoza, Argentina) is a poet and writer based in Buenos Aires. In 1999, she cofounded the independent art space and small press, Belleza y Felicidad, where a generation of now celebrated Argentinian artists exhibited for the first time. Pavón has published poetry and short stories in Argentina, México, Brazil, and Chile. In 2012, she published her collected poetry under the title Un hotel con mi nombre (A Hotel with My Name). Her other publications include the poetry collections 27 poemas con nombres de persona (2010), La crítica de arte (2016), Querido libro (2018), Once Sur (2015), and the short-story collections Todos los cuadros que tiré (2020), Los sueños no tienen (2010), and Pequeño recuento sobre mis faltas (2015). A number of her works have appeared in English, including Belleza y Felicidad (Sand Paper Press, 2012), as well as A Hotel with my Name and Licorice Candies (Scrambler books/Sand Paper Press, 2012, 2015).

Pavón works as a literary translator from German and English into Spanish. She has translated authors including Chris Kraus, Werner Schroeter, Diedrich Diederichsen, Ariana Reines, and Dorothea Lasky. In 2019, she founded Microcentro Poetry Office, a space dedicated exclusively to poetry readings in downtown Buenos Aires. Last year, Bonbons à l'anis, an anthology of her work, appeared in French from Brook et Varichon & Cie, and this April a selection of her short stories, Little Joy, will appear in English from Semiotext(e).

Photo credit: Courtesy of the writer

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