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Beatriz Hausner is a poet, translator, editor, and librarian. Hausner was born in Santiago, Chile in 1958; she moved with her family to Toronto in 1971, where she studied French and Spanish literature at the University of Toronto. Hausner has published several poetry collections, including She Who Lies Above (2023); Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (2020); Enter the Raccoon (2012); Sew Him Up (2010); and The Wardrobe Mistress (2003). Her work has been translated into Dutch, French, Greek, and Spanish. Hausner has also translated the works of various poets, often focusing her attention on surrealism. These include the works of César Moro, Rosamel del Valle, Enrique Gómez-Correa, Jorge Cáceres, Aldo Pellegrini, among others. Hausner was greatly influenced by her mother, artist Susana Wald, and stepfather, poet Ludwig Zeller; she often translated Zeller’s poetry. Hausner was a publisher at Quattro Books, was President of the Literary Translator’s Association of Canada, and lead the Public Lending Right Commission as its Chair. Hausner also worked at the Toronto Reference Library for several decades, eventually returning to graduate school to get her Master of Information from the University of Toronto to work as a librarian.
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Santiago, Chile, 1958-1971; Toronto. 1971-present.
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Publisher, Quattro Books, Toronto;
President, Literary Translator's Association, Toronto;
Chair, Public Lending Right Commission, Toronto;
Librarian, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto.