Ezra E. Fitz

Ezra E. Fitz has translated nearly thirty books, including narrative nonfiction by Grammy-winning musician Juanes, Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos, and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu, as well as literary fiction by Alberto Fuguet and Eloy Urroz. His translation of "Forgiveness" by Chiquis Rivera became an instant New York Times bestseller.

Fitz served as an instructor with the University of Illinois’s Program in Applied Translation, and provided all translation services to El Chapo (2017), a joint-scripted TV miniseries for Netflix/Univisión Story House. He was a 2010 Resident at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre, and a 2019 Peter Taylor Fellow with the Kenyon Review Literary Translation Workshop.

He lives with his wife and two children in Tennessee.