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Prof. Eaton’s Faculty Bio

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    Christopher Eaton

    Lecturer in Non-Fiction

    Christopher Eaton is originally from Western NY. He holds a BA from Oberlin College, an MA from the Poetics Program at SUNY Buffalo, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

    As C. Violet Eaton, he writes and translates poetry, having published Quartet (Ahsahta, 2018), and Some Habits (2015), which won the Omnidawn Open Prize. With his sister Emily, he translates work from Spanish—their translation of Cristina Piña’s Estaciones del yo was published in 2023 by Free Poetry and they are currently translating the collected poems of Alfonsina Storni. His most recent manuscript has been a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Dorset Prize. Eaton teaches classes in nonfiction, poetry and translation.

    Campus School; 130A

    Christopher Eaton is originally from Western NY. He holds a BA from Oberlin College, an MA from the Poetics Program at SUNY Buffalo, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

    As C. Violet Eaton, he writes and translates poetry, having published Quartet (Ahsahta, 2018), and Some Habits (2015), which won the Omnidawn Open Prize. With his sister Emily, he translates work from Spanish—their translation of Cristina Piña’s Estaciones del yo was published in 2023 by Free Poetry and they are currently translating the collected poems of Alfonsina Storni. His most recent manuscript has been a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Dorset Prize. Eaton teaches classes in nonfiction, poetry and translation.