Author

Shimose, Pedro

Pedro Shimose (1940, Bolivia) is considered as one of Bolivia’s most important poets and essayists, although his work has appeared only piecemeal in translation. Hailing from Riberalta, located in the Amazonian region of his homeland, many of his poems blossom with the exuberance of a jungle’s flora, while others display a mordant view of political realities. In 1972, he was awarded the Casa de las Americas prize for his collection Quiero escribir, pero me sale espuma (I Want to Write, But Out from Me Comes Foam). Other collections include Caducidad de Fuego (Expiration Date of Fire, 1975) and the open sequence and meditation on Machiavelli, Reflexiones Maquiavélicas (1980).