Yolanda Castaño

Yolanda Castaño Pereira (Santiago de Compostela, 1977) is a Galician painter, literary critic and poet.

Since 1990, she has lived in A Coruña, where she studied Spanish Philology and Audiovisual at the University of A Coruña.

She translated her poems to Spanish and has been the General Secretary at the Association of Galician-language Writers (Spanish: Asociación de Escritores en Lengua Gallega / Galician: Asociación de Escritores en Lingua Galega) and at Letras de Cal. She has also collaborated in several publications, such as Festa da palabra silenciada, Dorna, O Correo Galego (El Correo Gallego), A nosa terra and El Mundo.

Castaño is co-director of journal Valdeleite (together with Olga Novo) and works for the TV programme Cifras e Letras (TVG version of Countdown).

In 2023 she won National Poetry Award (Spain) for his book Materia.

Works

 * Elevar as pálpebras. Corunna: Espiral Maior, 1995.
 * Delicia. Corunna: Espiral Maior, 1998.
 * Edónica. Corunna: Espiral Maior, 2000.
 * O libro da egoísta. Vigo: Galaxia S.A., 2003.
 * Libro de la egoísta. Madrid: Visor, 2006.
 * Profundidade de Campo. Corunna: Espiral Maior, 2007
 * Erofanía, Espiral Maior, 2009
 * A segunda lingua, PEN Clube de Galicia, 2014

Awards

 * Antonio García Hermida Award
 * Atlántida Prize (1993)
 * Francisco Fernández del Riego Prize
 * III Fermín Bouza Brey Prize (1994)
 * II John Carballeira Poetry Award (1997)
 * Premio de la Crítica de poesía gallega (1998)
 * Espiral Mayor Poetry Award (2007)
 * National Poetry Award (Spain) (2023)