Jeannette L. Clariond is an award-winning Mexican poet, essayist, and translator born
on August 8, 1949, in Chihuahua, Mexico. Raised in a Lebanese family that emigrated to
Mexico, she is known for her work exploring the US-Mexico border and interiority. She
is the author of many collections, most recently Even Time Bleeds (Princeton University
Press, 2026), translated by Forrest Gander.
She is the recipient of the Ramón López Velarde National Poetry Prize (1992), National
Prize of Poetry Efraín Huerta (1996), and the Juan de Mairena Prize (2014), winner of
the 2022 Pilar Fernández Labrador Award. A member of the North American Academy
of the Spanish Language, she lives in Monterrey, México.