Laura Yasán (20 October 1960 – 20 June 2021) was an Argentine poet.
Career
Laura Yasán was born in
Buenos Aires on 20 October 1960.
Throughout her career, she organized writing workshops in penitentiary units, homes for minors, asylums, and libraries.
In April 2016, she coordinated an experimental workshop on creative writing and psychodrama at the University Cultural Center of the
National University of the Northeast
The National University of the Northeast (Spanish: ''Universidad Nacional del Nordeste'', UNNE) is an Argentine national university. It is located in the cities of Corrientes and Resistencia, capital cities of the Provinces of Corrientes and Ch ...
(UNNE). In 1988 she joined the 3rd ''Antología Ilustrada de poesía joven'', and later the poetic anthology ''Zapatos Rojos 2000''.
Her work was partially translated into English and published in the journal ''
Poetry Ireland Review'' in 2002.
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In 1998, she became part of A*(punto) Prieto, a women's group dedicated to literature.
Yasán participated in various poetry festivals and literary encounters, such as the ]International Poetry Festival of Rosario
The International Poetry Festival of Rosario (in Spanish, ''Festival Internacional de Poesía de Rosario'') is a cultural event organized in Rosario, Argentina. It gathers public and poets from Argentina and other countries, especially Latin Americ ...
, the 13th International Poetry Festival of Medellín
The International Poetry Festival of Medellín (Spanish:''Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín'') is an annual festival held in Medellín, the second-largest city of Colombia. It was founded in 1991.
Medellín has a reputation for viole ...
, the 1st International Poetry Festival in Lima (2012), the Latin American Poetry Festival in Buenos Aires (June 2015), the 2nd Correntino Poetry Festival, and the Poetry Festival in Mendoza (2016).
With the authors , Patricia Díaz Bialet, and Juano Villafañe, she wrote the collective poem ''Con un tigre en la boca. Manual de los amantes'' in 2016.
Yasán died on 20 June 2021.[
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Awards
* EDUCA Singular Poetry Award (Costa Rica, 1998), for ''Loba negra''
* Fondo Nacional de las Artes Award (Buenos Aires, 1998)
* 4th City of Medellín International Poetry Award (Colombia, 2002), special mention of the jury for ''Cotillón para desesperados''
* Casa de las Américas Prize, Cuba 2008
* First Prize in Unpublished Poetry, Municipal Prizes of the city of Buenos Aires (2011)
* Carmen Conde Award, Madrid, Spain, 2011
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1960 births
2021 deaths
20th-century Argentine poets
20th-century Argentine women writers
21st-century Argentine poets
21st-century Argentine women writers
Argentine women poets
Writers from Buenos Aires