Background
David Unger was born on November 6, 1950, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in the family of Luis and Fortuna (Yarhi) Unger. In 1955, he immigrated to Hialeah, Florida with his parents.
David Unger was born on November 6, 1950, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in the family of Luis and Fortuna (Yarhi) Unger. In 1955, he immigrated to Hialeah, Florida with his parents.
Unger graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts and received a Master of Fine Arts in 1975 from Columbia University.
Unger teaches at the City College of New York and is the International Rep for the Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. He is the author of great variety of books.
David has translated more than a dozen books, including three books by Guatemalan Rigoberta Menchu, two books by Cuban Teresa Cardenas, The Love You Promised Me by Mexican Silvia Molina, First Love by Mexican Elena Garro and The Dead Leaves by Mexican Barbara Jacobs. He is the editor and the main translator of Nicanor Parra's Poems and Anti-Poems, the most complete collection of this important Chilean poet, and contributed to Enrique Lihn's The Dark Room and Roque Dalton's Short Hours of the Night.
On May 15, 1977, David married Esti Dunow, with whom he has two daughters, Mia and Zoe Unger.