Laia Martínez i López (born 1984), also known as Laia MaLo, is a Catalan writer and musician.

Life

Malo was born in

Berga Berga () is the capital of the ''comarca'' (county) of Berguedà, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered by the municipalities of Cercs, Olvan, Avià, Capolat and Castellar del Riu. History Berga derives its name from ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, Spain in 1984. In 2007, she graduated from the

Autonomous University of Barcelona The Autonomous University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; , es, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; UAB), is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. ...

in Translation and Interpreting.

Career

Since 2012 she is part of the electronic duo Jansky, which has published, with the record label Primeros Pasitos, the albums ''Un big bang a la gibrella'' and ''ÈÉ'' in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Their latest LP, ''This is electroverse'' was published in 2018 with Hidden Track Records. Since 2014 she has been vocal for Mallorca of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC). In 2015 she finished her third work ''Cançó amb esgarrip i dos poemes''. Her collection ''Afollada'', published in 2016, addresses the issue of motherhood and presents itself as a song to freedom. Her latest collection is ''Venus volta'' (Lleonard Muntaner, 2018).

Awards

In 2011 she won the Art Jove poetry prize of 2010 for her book ''L'estiu del tonight, tonight''. and which has been translated into Spanish. In 2018 Jansky won the SUNS Award to ''Best European Band in a Minorized Language'' (Udine, Italy).

Translations

Malo has been in charge of the first Catalan translation of

Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album '' Horses''. Called the "punk poe ...

. The collection of poems ''Auguris d'innocència'' (''Auguries of innocence'') was published in 2019 by Labreu Edicions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez i Lopez, Laia 1984 births Living people Spanish women poets 21st-century Spanish poets 21st-century Spanish women writers Poets from Catalonia Women writers from Catalonia People from Berguedà Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni