Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. Translated into two dozen languages, his work has been adapted into film, TV, radio, and theater. His latest books are How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish (2020), Popol Vuh: A Retelling (2020), Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction (2021), The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language (2023), Lamentations of Nezahualcoyotl: Nahuatl Poems (2025), Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book (2025), A Nation Wrestles with God: American Prophets, Philosophers, and Firebrands (2026), and Fictional Translations: Poems (2026).