Yamilka Noa (born 31 July 1980) is a Cuban-Costa Rican poet and filmmaker, awarded five times by " Nosside World Poetry Prize" (Italy). Her works have been translated into three languages. Yamilka_Noa

Her poems have been published in several literary journals and magazines including AN, Isla Negra, Poetas del mundo, Guatini, Cinosargo'', Arcane Radio'', and ''Radio Momentos'', "

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Life

Her career as a poet began In 2006 when she self-published her book
La pasión detrás de la ventana
, although she started writing at a very young age. In 2021 she moved to

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. She became Costa Rican citizen in 2010 while living in London

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, where she studied from 2009 until 2013. She graduated from

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majoring in Film Production. She is, simultaneously, member of multiple literary groups including Global Writers in Spanish/REMES network; Poetas del mundo; La Voz de la Palabra Escrita International; Mi Literatura; Poesía sin genero; Mi Arte; El poder de la palabra; Cerca de ti, Artes Poeticas, Punto Hispano, LetrasKiltras, Creatividad Internacional. Her father, Pedro M. Calzadilla Guevara, who was also a poet, died in 2008. In 2009 she introduced her book "Mi miedo sólo mío", in the

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and paid tribute to her father. Her father's book 'Amor Furtivo' was recently published.

Prizes

*Five special mentions (Including a medal) in the Nosside Poetry Prize competition (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 for her video poem 'Insomnio'), an International Multilingual and Multimedia Award for previously unpublished work. Best Performance by a performer working in English and another language by Farrago Zoo Awards, 2010.

Anthologies

World Poets Society
*Unesco World Poetry Directory
Nosside prize
in Spanish. *World Erotic Poetry Anthology (1st edition) "Blessed be your body" in Spanish "Bendito sea tu cuerpo" *"The Agony of Nirvana" In Spanish

*“Sotto l’arbole di Natale "1001 Poems" in Spanish.
Antología Punto G

Bibliography

*''La pasión detrás de la ventana]'' (2007) * ''Travesuras del alma'' (2008) * ''Mi miedo sólo mío'' 2008, Dexeo Editores in Spanish, 2009 Libertà Edizione, * ''Ecos de tristeza'' (2010) translated by Laura P. Burns ISBN 979-8366676380 *Anthology 'La que fui y la que soy", 2010 *Love and Despair, 2020 *¿Podré dormir mañana?, 2023 *No cerrare los ojos, 2023 *Libélula desnuda, 2023

References

External links

Author's page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Noa, Yamilka 1980 births Living people Alumni of the University of West London 21st-century Costa Rican poets Cuban emigrants to Costa Rica Poets from London Costa Rican women poets 21st-century Costa Rican women writers