Henrry Lezama was born in Yaguaraparo, Venezuela. He taught EFL at the Universidad De Oriente in Cumaná, Venezuela. Mr. Lezama received an MA in American Literature from Ohio University, and is currently a Doctoral student in the English Studies program at Illinois State University. He has been translating articles, poems, and short stories by Latin American authors. Some of these appeared in Mandorla 7 (2004), Mipoesia.com 19.3 (2005) and The New Review of Literature 2.2 (2005). His current project examines Venezuelan folktales, focusing on Antonio Arraiz’s Tio Tigre y Tio Conejo.