Michael Day

Michael
Day

Michael Day is a traveller, translator, and writer who lives in Los Angeles and Mexico City. His awards include the 2015 Bai Meigui Translation Prize and the 2020 Jules Chametzky Translation Prize. His work has appeared in Georgia Review, Massachusetts Review, Words Without Borders, and Chicago Quarterly Review, among other publications.

Michael Day is a traveller, translator, and writer who lives in Los Angeles and Mexico City. His awards include the 2015 Bai Meigui Translation Prize and the 2020 Jules Chametzky Translation Prize. His work has appeared in Georgia Review, Massachusetts Review, Words Without Borders, and Chicago Quarterly Review, among other publications.

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