George McWhirter
George McWhirter is an Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver's first Poet Laureate. He has translated works by Mario Arregui, Carlos Fuentes, José Emilio Pacheco, and Homero Aridjis (for which he won the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize).
George McWhirter
George McWhirter is an Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver's first Poet Laureate. He has translated works by Mario Arregui, Carlos Fuentes, José Emilio Pacheco, and Homero Aridjis (for which he won the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize).
Books by George McWhirter

Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence
Homero Aridjis, George McWhirter
Paperback, 2023
An exciting new collection of poems by “one of the Spanish-speaking world’s greatest living writers” (LA Review of Books)Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence
Homero Aridjis, George McWhirter
E Book
An exciting new collection of poems by “one of the Spanish-speaking world’s greatest living writers” (LA Review of Books)
The Selected Poems of José Emilio Pacheco
José Emilio Pacheco, George McWhirter
Paperback, 2026
A selection of the greatest poems by one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the twentieth centuryThe Selected Poems of José Emilio Pacheco
José Emilio Pacheco, George McWhirter
E Book
A selection of the greatest poems by one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the twentieth century


