Yolanda Castaño Pereira (

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, 1977) is a Galician painter, literary critic and poet. Since 1990, she has lived in

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, where she studied Spanish

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and

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at the

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.Yolanda Castaño Pereira

From Galicia Digital. Retrieved October 6, 2022. She translated her poems to Spanish language, 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'' (

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), ''A nosa terra'' and '' El Mundo''. Castaño is co-director of journal ''Valdeleite'' (together with

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) and works for the TV programme ''Cifras e Letras'' ( TVG version of

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). In 2023, she won National Poetry Award (Spain) for his book Materia.

Works

*''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

*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)

References

External links

Yolanda Castaño's webpage
1977 births Living people 20th-century Spanish painters 21st-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish poets 21st-century Spanish poets 20th-century Spanish women writers 21st-century Spanish women writers Spanish women poets Writers from Galicia (Spain) People from Santiago de Compostela Galician-language writers Women writers from Galicia (Spain) 20th-century Spanish women painters 21st-century Spanish women painters {{Galicia-writer-stub