Lupe Gómez is a Galician poet and journalist born in 1972 in Fisteus,

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. She studied journalism in

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, and collaborated with ''

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'' and ''

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'', in addition to writing articles and book and theater reviews. Her books meant a bath of naturality, courage and freshness for Galician literature of the late 20th century.

Works

*''Pornografía'' (1995) *''Os teus dedos na miña braga con regra'' (1999) *''Poesía fea'' (2000) *''Fisteus era un mundo'' (2001) *''Querida Uxía'' (2004) *''Levantar as tetas'' (2004) *''Luz e Lupe'' (2005) *''Azul e estranxeira'' (2005) *''O útero dos cabalos'' (2005) *''Quero bailar'' (2006) *''A grafia dos mapas'' (2010) *''Camuflaxe'' (2017) (translated into English by

Erín Moure Erín Moure (born 1955 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian poet and translator with 18 books of poetry, a coauthored book of poetry, a volume of essays, a book of articles on translation, a poetics, and two memoirs. She has translated or co-tran ...

as ''Camouflage'',

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, 2019) *''Fosforescencias'' (2019)

References

1972 births Living people Galician poets Galician journalists Spanish women poets Women writers from Galicia (Spain) Spanish women journalists {{Spain-poet-stub