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.