Silvina López Medin was born in Buenos Aires in 1976. She is the author of three books of poetry: “La noche de los bueyes” (Madrid, Visor, 1999), which was awarded the First Prize for Poetry Initiation by the Argentine Culture Department and the International Young Poetry Prize by the Loewe Foundation, “Esa sal en la […]
Julieta Valero (Madrid, 1971) holds a degree in Spanish Philology from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. She has published stories, poems and articles in many literary journals, including Ínsula, ABC de las letras, Turia, Vulcane, Minerva, El Maquinista de la general, and Diario de poesía (Argentina) among many others. She has been included in numerous anthologies—Inéditos, 11 poetas [Unpublished, 11 Poets] (2002); 33 de Radio […]
Elena Medel (Córdoba, 1985), poet and literary critic, is one of the prominent emerging voices in Spanish poetry. From 2006 to 2008 she held the prestigious scholarship given by the infamous Resedencia de Estudiantes in Madrid. She is part of the founding board of La Bella Varsovia and writes for numerous literary supplements in the Spanish press, […]
Mariano Peyrou was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but has lived in Madrid since 1976. He plays the saxophone and holds a degree in Social Anthropology. His books include La voluntad de equilibrio [The Will of Balance] (Fundación María del Villar, 2000); A veces transparente [Sometimes Transparent] (Bartleby Editores, 2004); La sal [Salt] (Pre-Textos, 2005);Estudio de lo visible [Study of the Visible] […]
Luis Muñoz holds degrees in Spanish and Classical Philology from the University of Granada. He has published five poetry collections: Septiembre(September) (Hiperión, 1991); Manzanas amarillas(Yellow Apples) (Hiperión, 1995); El apetito (Appetite) (Pre-Textos, 1998); Correspondencias(Correspondence) (Visor, 2001), for which he was awarded the Generación del 27 and Ojo Crítico awards; and Querido silencio (Dear Silence) (Tusquets, 2006). His collected poems, Limpiar pescado. Poesía reunida […]
Jorge Gimeno (Madrid, 1964) is the author of two books of poems: Espíritu a saltos [Hurdling Spirit] (Pre-Textos, 2003) and La tierra nos agobia [The Earth Drowns Us] (Pre-Textos, 2011). His poems have been included in the anthology La inteligencia y el hacha. Un panorama de la Generación poética de 2000 [Intelligence and the Ax: A Panorama of the Generation of […]
Carlos Pardo has published three poetry collections including El invernadero (The Greenhouse) (Hiperión, 1995); Desvelo sin paisaje (Sleepless Without Landscape) (Pre-Textos, 2002); and Echado a perder (Spoiled) (Visor, 2007), for which he has received such highly esteemed prizes as the Hiperión, Emilio Prados and the Generación del 27 awards for poetry. His first novel, Vida de Pablo(The Life of Pablo) was published […]
Anabel Caride (Seville, 1972) earned her Bachelor’s degree in Spanish Philology. She has worked as a literature teacher in numerous high schools in the south of Spain, and now teaches in the Instituto Picasso in Seville. She has written short shorts, short stories and poetry, the genre in which she has published the two full-length […]
Paula Simonetti (b. Montevideo, Uruguay, 1989). She holds a degree in humanities and specializes in arts administration. She works in the field of social services and community education. In 2012 she won First Prize in the Pablo Neruda Award for Young Poets, and in 2012 she received honorable mention in Uruguay’s Juan Carlos Onetti national […]