Gregary J. Liu Racz

Gregary J. Liu Racz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Language and Literature at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His academic background includes a B.A. from Rutgers University and both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University. Racz specializes in literary translation, particularly of poetic works across Spanish and English, with a focus on preserving meter, rhyme, and cultural nuances.

His research emphasizes analogical translation methodologies challenging dominant practices, as seen in his upcoming monograph Approaches to Translating Poetry. He actively contributes to the field through professional roles: Vice President of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) and Book Review Editor for Translation Review. Concurrently, he teaches Spanish translation at Rutgers University’s Summer Certification Program.

Racz’s awards include the Crossing Boundaries Award for translation and the Sidney Sulkin Award for Prose. His publications span edited volumes on Borges and Salom, translated works like Calderón’s Life Is a Dream, and scholarly articles analyzing translation strategies in Neruda, Whitman, and Galdós. His work bridges literary theory, comparative literature, and practical translation challenges.