Manuel Iris
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Born1983 (age 42–43)
CitizenshipMexican
OccupationsPoet and educator
Manuel Iris | |
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| Born | 1983 (age 42–43) |
| Citizenship | Mexican |
| Education | Autonomous University of Yucatan University of Cincinnati |
| Occupations | Poet and educator |
| Honours | Poet Laureate of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2018-2020. Incorporated into the National System of Art Creators (SNCA) of Mexico, 2021. |
Manuel Iris (born 1983) is a Mexican-born American poet, writer, and educator.
He was the Poet Laureate of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, from 2018 to 2020.[1][2] In 2021, he was inducted into the National System of Art Creators (SNCA) of Mexico, in the discipline of poetry. He has published ten collections of poems in Spanish and English.
He began his career as a writer in the workshops of Joaquín Bestard Vázquez at the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY). He has collaborated in online and print publications such as La Otra Revista, Letras Libres, Periodico de Poesia, Altazor Magazine, Post Road Magazine,[3] and The Journal.[4]
