Martín Espada

Martín Espada
Born (1957-08-07) 7 August 1957
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • professor
  • translator
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison (BA)
Northeastern University (JD)
Notable worksImagine the Angels of Bread
Notable awardsNational Book Award; American Book Award; PEN/Revson Fellowship; Paterson Poetry Prize

Martín Espada (born 1957) is a Puerto Rican-American poet, and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches poetry. Puerto Rico has frequently been featured as a theme in his poems.