Jane Duran was born in Cuba to a Spanish father and American mother, and brought up in the United States and in Chile. Her first collection Breathe Now, Breathe (Enitharmon, 1995) won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Enitharmon brought out a second collection in 2002, Silences from the Spanish Civil War. Her third collection, Coastal (Enitharmon, 2005) received a PBS Recommendation. Her poetry has been widely anthologised. She received a Cholmondeley Award in 2005. She lives in London with her husband and son.

Books by Jane Duran:

Other poems on the web by Jane Duran:
"Cape Porpoise, Maine"
"The Sunday Poem Zagharit"
"Braided Run"
"River"

About Graceline:

"Duran...twists her hybrid colours into rich, sensual, and perfectly controlled statements of memory and loss…A poet to rejoice in."
—Adam Thorpe