LILIANA BALTRA is Professor Emerita of the University of Chile in the field of Applied Linguistics. She has published extensively in Chile, both in English and Spanish. Her texts pertain to teaching English as a Second Language. For the past seven years, she has devoted herself to the poetry of Gabriela Mistral and to the intricacies of translating her work into English. She is currently creating an English translation of the writings of a Chilean novelist who depicts the lives of the common people of Chile.

 

 

MICHAEL P. PREDMORE is Professor of Modern Peninsular Spanish Literature at Stanford University. He is a prominent scholar in the field of modern Hispanic poetry. He is internationally recognized for this studies, as well as his editions and translations of the poetry of Antonio Machado and Juan Ramon Jimenez. His scholarly publications include important articles on Ruben Dario and Pablo Neruda, which have contributed to his present interest and dedication to the poetry and prose of Gabriela Mistral.