Castro was born in 1945 in New York to Greek Jewish parents before moving to St. Louis to attend Washington University.
He worked with Gabor G. Gyukics in translating poems from Hungarian to English.
Louis, and then Lindenwood University until his retirement to professor emeritus in 2012.
As part of his laureateship, he organized an art collective, Unity Community.
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