Juan Carlos Galeano
Poet and academic @ Florida State University
Born in the Amazon region of Colombia, Juan Carlos Galeano is a poet and an academic. In addition to his interest in Indigenous ecological spirituality, he is the author of several books of poetry and the book Folktales of the Amazon. Galeano is also a translator of North American poetry and director of the documentaries The Trees Have a Mother (2009) and El RĂo (2018) focusing on rainforest and riverine guardians. He teaches Latin American poetry and courses on Cultures of the Amazon Basin at Florida State University.
