Luis Benítez was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1956). Member of the Latin-American Academy of Poetry, the International Society of Writers, the Argentinean Society of Writers and the Argentinean Foundation for the Poetry. He has received the tittle of Compagnon de la Poésie, from La Porte des Poétes Association, France. His 9 books of poetry, 2 essays and 2 novels were published in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, USA and Venezuela. Between another local and international awards, he has received: La Porte des Poétes International Award (Paris, 1991); Biennial Award of the Argentinean Poetry (Buenos Aires, 1991); Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat Foundation Award of Poetry (Buenos Aires, 1996); International Award of Fiction (Uruguay, 1996); Primo Premio Tusculorum di Poesia (Italy, 1996) and 10me. Concours International de Poésie, accesit (Paris, 2003).
Since the ´90s, several reviews publish his poems in translation: Upstairs at Duroc and La Porte des Poétes (from Paris, France); The Boston Literary Review, Barnwood, And Then, Tamarind, Szrine, Green Mountains, Luz Bilingual and La Nuez (from USA); Inclement Poetry, Cauldrom, Littoral, Awe, Manifold and Poetry Monthly (from United Kingdom); Poetry Salzburg Review (from Austria); L´Ortica and Isola Nigra (from Italy), The Instanbul Literary Review (from Turkey) and others.