Julia Piera

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Julia Piera (born 1970, Madrid) is a contemporary poet. She is the author of the following books: Al vrtice de la
arena (Biblioteca Nueva, 2003), Igual que esos pjaros disecados (Hojas de Zenobia, Diputacin de Huelva,
2004), Conversaciones con Mary Shelley (Icaria Editorial, Barcelona, 2006) and Puerto Rico digital (Bartleby Editores,
Madrid, 2009). She is the winner of the Villa de Madrid (Francisco de Quevedo) 2010 Poetry Prize for her book Puerto
Rico digital.
Her poems have appeared in various magazines and publications such as El peridico de poesa (UNAM), El signo del
gorrin, Can Mayor, ArteletrA and Galerna. Her work has also been included in anthologies Once de marzo, poemas
para el recuerdo (Pre-Textos, 2004), Campo abierto (DVD, 2005), Poetas en blanco y negro contemporneos (Abada,
2006), Complicidades (Ave del Paraso Ediciones, 2008), Landing Places: Immigrant Poets in Ireland (Dedalus Press,
2010), Palabras sobre palabras: 13 poetas jvenes de Espaa (Santiago Indito, 2010) and most recently Poetry from
Spain for the 21st Century, edited by Forrest Gander (Shearsman Books, 2013). During 2013 she participated in the
transmedia project Imagina cuntas palabras in Spain. She has collaborated with the painter Jess Ibez in the
introductory text to his 2006-2007 exhibition at the Ansorena Gallery in Madrid. Some of her poems have been
versioned into pieces by the experimental British composer Geoff Gould. Piera collaborates with the El viajero travel
section of the Spanish newspaper El Pas.
She holds a BA in Economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has an MA in Romance Languages
and Literature from Harvard University. She is currently the director of theColby College program in Spain.
Contents
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1Poetry

2Anthologies

3Translations

4Articles

5References

Poetry[edit]

Puerto Rico digital (Bartleby Editores, Madrid, 2009) - winner of the Villa de Madrid (Francisco de Quevedo)
2010 Poetry Prize

"Al vrtice de la arena", Arabic translation by Abdul Hadi Sadoun (Don Quixote, Damasco, 2011).

Conversaciones con Mary Shelley (Icaria Editorial, Barcelona, 2006)

Igual que esos pjaros disecados (Hojas de Zenobia, Diputacin de Huelva, 2004)

Al vrtice de la arena (Biblioteca Nueva, 2003)

Anthologies[edit]

Panic Cure: Poetry from Spain for the 21st Century, ed. Forrest Gander (Shearsman Books, 2013)

Palabras sobre palabras: 13 poetas jvenes de Espaa (Santiago Indito, 2010)

Landing Places: Immigrant Poets in Ireland (Dedalus Press, 2010)

Poeti spagnoli contemporanei (Edizioni dell'Orso, Alessandria, 2008)

Complicidades (Ave del Paraso Ediciones, 2008)

Poetas en blanco y negro contemporneos (Abada, 2006)

Campo abierto (DVD, 2005)

Once de marzo, poemas para el recuerdo (Pre-Textos, 2004)