Pilar Pallarés García (born 29 April 1957) is a Galician poet.[3] She won the National Poetry Award, a prize awarded annually by the Ministry of Culture of Spain, in 2019 for her book of poems Tempo fósil; English translation: Fossil Time.[4]

Pilar Pallarés García
Born29 April 1957
EducationUniversity of Santiago de Compostela
Occupation(s)Poet and writer

Biography

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Pallarés studied Portuguese-Galician Philosophy at the University of Santiago de Compostela.[2]

She has collaborated with various magazines, such as Grial, Coordenadas, Dorna, Noreste and Fiesta de la Palabra Silenciada.[3] After the publication of her first book, Entre lusco e fusco, in 1979, she became one of the most important voices in Galician poetry. She later published the works Sétima soidade, which won the Premio Esquío poetry award, and Livro das devoracións.[3] She is currently a professor of Galician literature at the Instituto Ramón Menéndez Pidal de A Coruña.[1]

Pallarés won the National Poetry Award in 2019, becoming the third Galician-language author to win the award. In Tempo fósil, the book of poems for which she won the award, she explores themes of loss and destruction, as well as current issues such as climate change and the plight of refugees.[2][4]

Awards

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  • 1979 - Winner of the Poesía Nova do Facho award[4]
  • 1983 - Winner of the Premio Esquío de poesía award, for Sétima soidade[4]
  • 2012 - Winner of the Galician Writers Association poetry award, for Leopardo son[2]
  • 2019 - Winner of the National Poetry Award, for Tempo fósil[4]

Major works

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  • Entre lusco e fusco; English translation: Between Gloom and Doom (1979)[2]
  • Sétima soidade (1983)[2]
  • Livro das devoracións (1996)[2]
  • Poemas (2000)[2]
  • Leopardo son (2011)[2]
  • Tempo fósil (2018)[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pilar Pallarés". www.aelg.gal. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Visozo, Sonia (31 October 2019). "La gallega Pilar Pallarés, Premio Nacional de Poesía" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Pilar Pallarés en escritoras.com". escritoras.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e "La gallega Pilar Pallarés, Premio Nacional de Poesía 2019". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. ^ "A destrución segundo Pilar Pallarés". Nós Diario. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Ángela Fernández y Pilar Pallarés presentan hoy libros" (in European Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.