Julia Piera


Julia Piera is a contemporary poet. She is the author of the following books: Grinda y Mórdomo, Al vértice de la arena, Igual que esos pájaros disecados, Conversaciones con Mary Shelley, Puerto Rico digital, and B de Boston. She is the winner of the Villa de Madrid 2010 Poetry Prize for her book ''Puerto Rico digital.''

Biography

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 the Colby College program in Spain.
Her poems have appeared in various magazines and publications such as El periódico de poesía, El signo del gorrión, Can Mayor, ArteletrA, Galerna, and Samantarl Bhabna. Her work has also been included in anthologies Once de marzo, poemas para el recuerdo, Campo abierto, Poetas en blanco y negro contemporáneos, Complicidades, Landing Places: Immigrant Poets in Ireland, Palabras sobre palabras: 13 poetas jóvenes de España, Poetry from Spain for the 21st Century, edited by Forrest Gander, Sombras di-versas. Diecisiete poetas españolas actuales, and most recently Grand Tour: Reisen durch die junge Lyrik Europas. During 2013 she participated in the transmedia project “Imagina cuántas palabras” in Spain. She has collaborated with the painter Jesús Ibáñez 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 País.

Poetry

  • Grinda y Mórdomo
  • B de Boston
  • Puerto Rico digital - winner of the Villa de Madrid 2010 Poetry Prize
  • "Al vértice de la arena", Arabic translation by Abdul Hadi Sadoun Conversaciones con Mary Shelley Igual que esos pájaros disecados
  • ''Al vértice de la arena''

Anthologies

Grand Tour: Reisen durch die junge Lyrik Europas Sombras di-versas. Diecisiete poetas españolas actuales
  • Panic Cure: Poetry from Spain for the 21st Century, ed. Forrest Gander
  • Palabras sobre palabras: 13 poetas jóvenes de España
  • Landing Places: Immigrant Poets in Ireland
  • Poeti spagnoli contemporanei
  • Complicidades
  • Poetas en blanco y negro contemporáneos
  • Campo abierto
  • ''Once de marzo, poemas para el recuerdo''

Translations

Articles

  • "Secretos literarios de Harvard" in El País, 25-10-2019
  • "Viaje de Cork al Anillo de Kerry" in National Geographic Spain, ViajesNG nº 146, 2012
  • "El ídolo de los orígenes" in El País, 22-6-2012
  • "Niños y otros duendes" in El País, 9-4-2010
  • "Lord Byron llegó en burro" in El País, 10-11-2007
  • "La isla mujer, verde flotante" in El País, 21-04-2007
  • "El fantasma de la Dama Blanca" in El País, 24 June 2006
  • "Una flor para Emily Dickinson" in El País, 25 March 2006