Few may realize that Ezra Fitz, Spring Hill Library's Volunteer Coordinator, is also a literary translator. His most recent project, The Last House Before the Sea by Gabi Martinez, Translated From Spanish by Ezra Fitz will be published November 11. It's a timely tale of a rural island in the north of Spain. Over the course of a year the residents, busy with the age-old rhythms of eel fishing and rice farming, see that the delta is shifting.

Ezra will read from the book and also share how he got into interlingual translation and how it fits into his busy life.  

Refreshments will be served. Please sign up. 

Ezra E. Fitz has translated over twenty books, including narrative nonfiction by Grammy-winning musician Juanes and Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos, as well as literary fiction by Alberto Fuguet and Eloy Urroz. His translation of Forgiveness by Chiquis Rivera became an instant New York Times bestseller. Fitz served as an instructor with the University of Illinois’s Program in Applied Translation, and provided all translation services to El Chapo (2017), a joint-scripted TV miniseries for Netflix/Univisión Story House. He was a 2010 Resident at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre, and a 2019 Peter Taylor Fellow with the Kenyon Review Literary Translation Workshop. He lives with his wife and two children in  Spring Hill, Tennessee.