Ana Merino
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poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Biography
Ana Merino was born in MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
in 1971, daughter of José María Merino
José María Merino
José María Merino is a Spanish novelist born in A Coruña, Galicia on March 5, 1941. He is the father of two daughters, María and Ana, both of them university professors. He lived for several years in León and currently lives in Madrid...
and married to artist Felix de la Concha
Felix de la Concha
Félix de la Concha is a painter. Born in León, Spain, he resides in Iowa City and Madrid with his wife, poet Ana Merino.In 1985 he was selected to participate in the Primera Muestra de Arte Joven where his work was awarded...
. Ana Merino was between 2004 and 2009 an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
. Since Fall 2009 she is an Associate Professor of Spanish Creative Writing at The University of Iowa. She has published a scholarly book on comics titled El Comic Hispánico (Cátedra, 2003) a critical monograph on Chris Ware (Sinsentido 2005), a youth novel "El hombre de los dos corazones" (Anaya, 2009) and seven books of poetry, and was a recipient of the Adonais
Adonais
Adonaïs: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, Author of Endymion, Hyperion, etc. , also spelled Adonaies, is a pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley for John Keats in 1821, and widely regarded as one of Shelley's best and most well-known works...
and Fray Luis de Leon awards for poetry. She was awarded the Diario de Avisos Award for best critical short articles about comics for the Spanish literary magazine Leer. Merino is a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Cartoon Studies
Center for Cartoon Studies
The Center for Cartoon Studies is a two year institution focusing on sequential art, specifically Comics and Graphic Novels, Located in the village of White River Junction, in the town of Hartford, Vermont, the Center offers a Master of Fine Arts degree, both one and two-year certificate...
and a member of the executive committee of International Comic Art Forum. Merino's articles on comics have appeared in Leer, DDLV, The Comics Journal
The Comics Journal
The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels...
, International Journal of Comic Art
International Journal of Comic Art
The International Journal of Comic Art is a peer-reviewed journal about comic art, published twice a year. It was established in 1999 by John Lent , who is also the editor in chief. The journal is independently published and does not maintain an online edition, although tables of contents are...
, and Hispanic Issues. She has served as curator for three comics exhibitions and is the author of the bilingual catalogue Fantagraphics creadores del canon (2003).
Poetry
- Preparativos para un viaje, Madrid, Rialp, 1995. (Winner of the XLVIII Premio Adonais)
- Los días gemelos, Madrid, Visor, 1997
- La voz de los relojes, Madrid, Visor, 2000
- Juegos de niños, Madrid, Visor, 2003 (Premio Fray Luis de León)
- Compañera de celda, Madrid, Visor, 2006/"Cell Mate", Harbor Mountain PressHarbor Mountain PressHarbor Mountain Press is an American, nonprofit, poetry press located in White River Junction, Vermont. The press was founded by poet and editor Peter Money in 2006 . Notable authors published by the press include Alice B...
, 2007 (translation by Elizabeth Polli) - Curación, Madrid, Visor, 2010 (Accésit Premio Jaime Gil de Biedma)
- Hagamos caso al tigre, Madrid, Sopa de Libros, Anaya, 2010. Illustrations by Francesc CapdevilaFrancesc CapdevilaFrancesc Capdevila , better known by his pen-name Max, is a Spanish artist who has worked in illustration, design, and comics. He is an important figure in Spanish comics, creating such popular characters as Gustavo and Peter Pank early in his career, and more recently Bardín...
, alias Max.
- Bilingual Anthology: "Schere,Stein, Papier und andere Gedichte" (German translation by Rita Catrina Imboden). teamart Verlag Zurich 2009.
Poems in collections
- Trato preferente: Voces esenciales de la poesía actual en español. Balbina Prior (coord.) Contrapunto, Sial Ediciones, 2010: 391-399.
- Igra Kroznih Zrcal: Novejsa Spanska Poezija. Izbral, prevdel in spremna besedila napisal Ciril Bergles, Aleph/130, Ljubljana, 2009: 218-226.
- El hacer poético. Edición de Julio Ortega y María Ramírez Ribes. Colección Entre Mares, Universidad Veracruzana, México, 2008:571-574.
- YemBbpm Bek ucnaHcka noe3uR 1980-2005 aHtoπoINR (Spanish Anthology in Bulgarian) Selection and prologue by Jose Luis García Martín. Translation by Rada Panchovska. Próxima RP, editorial, Sofía 2008:125-137.
- Cambio de siglo: Antología de poesía española 1990-2007. Selección, prólogo y bibliografía de Domingo Sánchez-Mesa Martínez.Ediciones Hiperión, Madrid, 2007:467-490.
- Héroes y villanos del cómic. Helden en schurken in het stripverhaal. Héros et vilains de la bande dessinée. Colección compass. Fundación Carlos de Amberes, 2007:71-77 (Illustration by Joost Swarte)
- Dónde está el niño que yo fui?: Poemas para leer en la escuela Edición de Pedro C.Cerrillo Torremocha, Ediciones Akal, Madrid, 2006:132-133.
- León: Una mirada literaria. Coordinación Luis Mateo Díez. Fundación Hullera Vasco-Leonesa, León, 2006: 249-257.
- Ultima poesía española (1990–2005). Edición y selección de Rafael Morales Barba, Editorial Marenostrum, Madrid, 2006: 165-180.
- Que la fuerza te acompañe/ May the force be with you. Colección Salamandria. 1. El Gaviero Ediciones, Almería, 2005: “El despertar de Han Solo/ Han Solo’s Awakening”.
- 6+6. Un quijote contemporáneo, don quichot hier en nu. Fundación Carlos de Amberes, 2005:62-65
- Poetas en la casa de la Luna: Poesía Latinoamericana Contemporánea. Margarito Cuellar/ Rei Benoa editors. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León/ George Mason University, 2004:127-137.
- Ilimitada voz. (Antología de poetas españolas 1940-2002 ). Jose María Balcells, Universidad de Cádiz, 2003*.
- La lógica de Orfeo. Luis Antonio de Villena. Antología. Visor. 2003: 203-218.
- Poetisas Españolas. Antología General. Tomo IV: De 1976 a 2001. Luz María Jiménez Faro, Ediciones Torremozas, Madrid, 2002: 306.
- Mujeres de carne y verso. La Esfera, 2002.
- Yo es otro: autorretratos de la nueva poesía. Selección de Josep M. Rodríguez, DVD poesía, Barcelona, 2001:39.
- Poesia Espanhola, anos 90. Joaquim Manuel Magalhaes. Posfacio de José Angel Cilleruelo. Relógio d’agua Editores.Lisboa, 2000.
- “Pasar la Página, Poetas para el nuevo milenio”. Manuel Rico. Diálogo de la Lengua, Revista de estudio y Creación Literaria, Ediciones Olcades, Cuenca MM, 2000: 223-231.
- MILENIO. Ultimísima Poesía Española (Antología), Basilio Rodríguez Cañada, Celeste Sial Ediciones/ Contrapunto, Madrid 1999: 381-388.
- La generación del 99.Jose Luís García Martín, Ediones Nobel, Colección Clarín, Oviedo 1999: 359-374.
- Ellas tienen la palabra . Noni Benegas y Jesús Munarriz, eds. Hiperión. Madrid 1997:643-651.
- “Nuevas voces en la poesía española”, Antonio Lucas, Postdata: Revista de Artes, Letras y Pensamiento. Spain. 17/18, 1997:81-84.
- “Joven Poesía Española”, Carlos Álvarez-Ude, La página, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 27, 1997:66-73.