Rolando Kattan

Rolando Kattan (Tegucigalpa, 1979) is a prize-winning poet, publisher, and cultural activist. He has published ten books of poetry and his work has received prestigious awards in the Spanish-speaking world, including the Claudio Rodríguez Poetry Prize (2024) and the Casa de América Poetry Prize (2021), both in Spain. His poetry has been translated and published in fifteen languages, and he has been invited to read throughout the world, in more than fifty countries. He is the publisher and editor of two independent poetry presses in Honduras: ManoNostra and Cisne Negro. He was co-organizer of the Honduran literacy project, Leer es Fiesta, which distributed twelve books at no cost to over 5000 readers. He regularly organizes cultural events in Tegucigalpa. He is a member of both the Royal Spanish Academy and the Honduran Academy of Language.