Eleonora Requena

Eleonora Requena
Born1968 (age 57–58)
Alma materUniversidad Católica Andrés Bello
OccupationPoet

Eleonora Requena (born 1968) is a Venezuelan poet.

Education and career

Requena studied literature at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas.[1]

She has published the poetry collections Sed (Eclepsidra, 1998), mandados (La Liebre Libre, 2000), Es de día (El Pez Soluble, 2004), La Noche y sus agüeros (El Pez Soluble, 2007), Ética del aire (bid & co. editor, 2008), Nido de tordo (Kalathos, 2015), and Textos por fuera (El Taller Blanco, 2020).[1]

Requena also participated in the literary workshops of the Rómulo Gallegos Center for the Latin American Studies (Celarg), where she published her collection Voces Nuevas (1995-1997). Requena's work has been published in several critical studies and anthologies both in Venezuela and abroad.[2]

Awards

With her poem mandados, Requena won the award at the Fifth José Rafael Pocaterra Latin American Poetry Biennial in 2000. She later received the 2007 Italy Poetry Award for La Noche y sus agüeros in the «Mediterranean and Caribbean» competition, organized by the Italian Institute of Culture of Venezuela and the University of Bologna 's Center for Contemporary Poetry.[1][3]

Works

  • Sed (Eclepsidra, 1998)
  • mandados (La Liebre Libre, 2000)
  • Es de día (El Pez Soluble, 2004)
  • La Noche y sus agüeros (El Pez Soluble, 2007)
  • Ética del aire (bid & co. editor, 2008)
  • Nido de tordo (Kalathos, 2015)
  • Textos por fuera (El taller blanco, 2020)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eleonora Requena". Letralia. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Eleonora Requena (Venezuela, 1968)". Festival de Poesía de Medellín. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Eleonora Requena". Círculo de Poesía. Retrieved 20 June 2021.