Ana Castillo
1953 - Present
Ana Castillo is a multilingual poet, novelist, essayist, editor, feminist theorist, playwright, translator, human rights and environmental activist and visual artist.
Ana Castillo (6/15/53) is a multilingual poet, novelist, essayist, editor, feminist theorist, playwright, translator, human rights and environmental activist and visual artist.
Among accolades: Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Fuller for Lifetime Achievement, 2022; NEIU Distinguished Alumnus, 2020; PEN Oakland Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement, 2018; 2 Lambdas, fiction and non-fiction; NEA grants, fiction and poetry; Sor Juana Achievement, National Mexican Museum of Art.
Teaching includes endowed chairs, DePaul and Dominican Universities; Poet-in-Residence, Westminster College, SLC, UT, 2012; Martin Luther King Jr. Outstanding Visiting Scholar, MIT, 2008; and worldwide public poetry and writing workshops.
Seven poetry collections, most recent: My Book of the Dead, UNMP, ‘22. Novels include So Far From God and Peel My Love like an Onion. Forthcoming: Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories: HarperVia, May, ‘23.
The Magic Instant
When I was a young girl, I discovered a poem by Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, that touched me so deeply that it gave birth to the passionate pursuit of the meaning of life. It’s interesting how in that magic instant one can change course and chart a new path without even realizing it.
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