Miriam Reyes

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Miriam Reyes is a poet and video creator who was born in Ourense and emigrated to Caracas with her parents when she was eight years old. She studied literature at the Central University of Venezuela and Hispanic Studies at the University of Barcelona. Her anthology, Fierce (Feroces), earned her recognition as a poet in 1998. Since then she has published several collections of poems: Black mirror (Espejo negro DVD, 2001), Sleeping Beauty (Bella durmiente, Hiperión, 2004), Evictions, (Desalojos, Hiperión, 2008), Do What I Tell You (Haz lo que te digo, Bartleby, 2015), Calmly Thought (Pensando en frío, Malasangre, 2016), Sardine (Sardiña, Chan da Pólvora, 2018) and Inner, Self, Body (Yo, interior, cuerpo, Argentina, 2013). Her work features in both national and international anthologies and has been translated into half a dozen languages. Since 2001 she has been experimenting with audiovisual writing and multimedia recital. She has performed her video-recitals at spoken word and performing arts festivals. She has also translated poems written in Galician, Catalan and Portuguese to Spanish. She co-directs the poetry publishing house Marisma and maintains the website of collective writing Prensándonos en frío.