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 century
  • The 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