Born: 1961, United States
Died: NA
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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Martínez, a poet, translator, and playwright from Santa Fe, N.M., is the author of three books of poetry: “Absence, Luminescent” (1999), “World to World” (2004), “And They Called It Horizon” (2010); the limited-edition chapbook “This is How it Began” (2010); and the book-length poem, “Each and Her” (2010). She has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the William Carlos Williams Award.