Yolanda Castaño

Yolanda Castaño

Yolanda Castaño Pereira (Santiago de Compostela, 1977) is a Galician painter, literary critic and poet.[1]

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Yolanda Castaño (2010)

Since 1990, she has lived in A Coruña, where she studied Spanish Philology and Audiovisual at the University of A Coruña.[2]

She translated her poems to Spanish and has been the General Secretary at the Association of Galician-language Writers (Spanish: Asociación de Escritores en Lengua Gallega / Galician: Asociación de Escritores en Lingua Galega) and at Letras de Cal. She has also collaborated in several publications, such as Festa da palabra silenciada, Dorna, O Correo Galego (El Correo Gallego), A nosa terra and El Mundo.

Castaño is co-director of journal Valdeleite (together with Olga Novo) and works for the TV programme Cifras e Letras (TVG version of Countdown).

In 2023 she won National Poetry Award (Spain) for his book Materia.[3]

Works

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  • Elevar as pálpebras. Corunna: Espiral Maior, 1995.
  • Delicia. Corunna: Espiral Maior, 1998.
  • Edónica. Corunna: Espiral Maior, 2000.
  • O libro da egoísta. Vigo: Galaxia S.A., 2003.
  • Libro de la egoísta. Madrid: Visor, 2006.
  • Profundidade de Campo. Corunna: Espiral Maior, 2007
  • Erofanía, Espiral Maior, 2009
  • A segunda lingua, PEN Clube de Galicia, 2014

Awards

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  • Antonio García Hermida Award
  • Atlántida Prize (1993)
  • Francisco Fernández del Riego Prize
  • III Fermín Bouza Brey Prize (1994)
  • II John Carballeira Poetry Award (1997)
  • Premio de la Crítica de poesía gallega (1998)
  • Espiral Mayor Poetry Award (2007)
  • National Poetry Award (Spain) (2023)[3]

References

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  1. ^ Gomez, Joel (2013) "Yolanda Castaño gana el premio Fundación Novacaixagalicia de poesía", La Voz de Santiago, 12 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013
  2. ^ Yolanda Castaño Pereira [1], From Galicia Digital. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Yolanda Castaño, representante de la nueva poesía gallega, gana el Premio Nacional de Poesía". El País (in Spanish). 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
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