Elena Medel (born 1985) is a Spanish

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based in

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. She has published many collections of poetry, and is the editorial director of La Bella Varsovia, now an imprint of the publishing house

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Early life and education

Elena Medel was born in Córdoba, Spain, in 1985.

Career

Medel has published several collections of poetry, including ''Mi primer bikini'' (2001; DVD 2002; translated into English by Lizzie Davis, ''My First Bikini'', 2015); ''Tara'' (2006); and ''Chatterton'', which won the Loewe Young Poets Prize in 2014. She has also published

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s ''Vacaciones'' (2004) and ''Un soplo en el corazón'' (2007). She wrote "El mundo mago" (2015), an essay about Spanish poet

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. She has also republished many of her poems in the volume ''Un día negro en una casa de mentira'' (2015), and her work has been translated into several languages, including Italian and Portuguese. She is the editorial director of La Bella Varsovia, formerly a publishing house focused on poetry. In November 2021, La Bella Varsovia became an imprint of the publishing house

, with Medel continuing as director.

Works

Books of poetry

* ''Mi primer bikini'' (Premio Andalucía Joven 2001; Barcelona, DVD, 2002). 64 pages * ''Vacaciones'' (Almería, El Gaviero, 2004). 32 pages, . * ''Tara'' (Barcelona, DVD, 2006). 80 pages, .

Criticism

* ''Todo un placer: antología de relatos eróticos femeninos'' (Córdoba,

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, 2005). 187 pages, . * Epílogo de ''Blues Castellano'', de Antonio Gamoneda (Madrid, Bartleby, 2007). 81 pages, .

References

External links

* (archived)
Elena Medel
in the ''Tentaciones'' supplement of ''

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'' (in Spanish)
''Vacaciones'' de Elena Medel
(review), by Mariana Riagoa, in ''Minotauro Digital'', January 2005. (in Spanish)
Review of ''Tara''
in the ''El Cultural'' supplement of '' El Mundo''] (in Spanish)
"La alegría y el duelo"
Review of ''Tara'' by Luis Antonio de Villena, in the ''Babelia'' supplement of ''El País'', 2006 (in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Medel, Elena 1985 births Living people 21st-century Spanish poets 21st-century Spanish women writers Spanish women poets Writers from Córdoba, Spain