Don Cellini

Don Cellini, Ph.D. is a member of the faculty at Adrian (Michigan) College.  His poems have appeared in various print and on-line publications and his book Approximations / Aproximaciones, poems in English and Spanish (March Street Press), was published in 2005.  He is presently completing the translation of a selection of poems by Elías Nandino, titled Nothing Is More Mine: The Poetry of Elías Nandino. 


Mexican writer Elías Nandino (1900 – 1993) was both a physician and poet.  During his career he published over twenty books of poetry.  He is generally identified as a member of the literary group known as Los Contemporaneos, but produced much of his best work long after the group had dissolved.  Because he spent much of his literary career helping new poets through his workshops and editorship of national publications, after his death the national prize for young poets was established and named in his honor the Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven Elías Nandino.