Poetry Seminar and Reading

The Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Department at University College Cork in partnership with Instituto Cervantes Dublin organise a seminar and poetry reading with Carmen Camacho. The event will commence with the launch of Camacho’s latest book of aphorisms; later on, she will recite in Spanish and English some of her most recent poems and will converse with poet and translator Keith Payne.

Carmen Camacho (Alcaudete, Jaén, 1976). She live-writes in Seville, on her own way. She has published the poetry collections Campo de fuerza (2012), La mujer del tiempo (2011), 777 (2007) and Arrojada (2007); the aphorisms books Zoma Franca (2016) and Minimás (2008), the flash-fiction book Vuelo doméstico (2014) and the songs log Letra pequeña (2017). Las versiones de Eva (2014) is the title of her personal anthology. As an anthologist, she has published Seré bre/ -aforismos y otras breverías- (2015) y Punto de Partida. 10 poetas jóvenes desde Andalucía (México, 2006). Her most recent book as editor is Fuegos de palabras, which is partially translated into Italian, Greek, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Romanian, Armenian; and for this special occasion, also into English.

Keith Payne was the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary Award winner for 2015-2016. Recent collections include Broken Hill (Lapwing, Belfast, 2015); Six Galician Poets (Arc, 2016); Diary of Crosses Green, from the Galician of Martín Veiga (Francis Boutle, 2018), The Desert, from the Galician of María do Cebreiro and Second Language, from the Galician of Yolanda Castaño (Shearsman, 2019). Keith is director of The La Malinche Readings Ireland/Galicia and PoemaRia Poetry Festival, Vigo.