About Me

My name is Light Dohrn, and I'm a senior at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School. 

I'm very much an amateur translator, but I've been studying Catullus for a semester in AT Latin Literature and have translated many of his poems. The majority of the pieces on this site were translated as a part of my AT Latin curriculum — others that I felt were important to understanding Catullus's corpus were translated with the help of internet resources (see bibliography for exact sources). 

 I believe that Catullus understood quite a bit about human emotions and has remained deeply relatable for readers even over 2,000 years later. I made Catullus, M.D. as my semester final project for class, and as a way for people nowadays to utilize the soothing emotional wisdom of Catullus's work. I hope it makes you feel seen.