Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean-Swedish poet and translator

Sergio Badilla Castillo

Chilean poet (born 1947)

Sergio Badilla Castillo is a Chilean poet who is the founder of poetic transrealism in contemporary poetry. He is considered the Latin American poet with the broadest Nordic influence, from the Finnish poets, Edith Södergran, Elmer Diktonius, Paavo Haavikko, Pentti Saarikoski…