Reading... Mercedes Cebrian

Instituto Cervantes Manchester and Leeds Poetry's Club celebrates the fourth session reading poems of the Spanish poet Mercedes Cebrián.

Mercedes Cebrián writes fiction, essays, journalism for El País, and poetry, and has translated Georges Perec, Miranda july and Sigrid Nuñez. Her books include El malestar al alcance de todos [Affordable Angst, 2004], Mercado común [Common Market, 2006], 13 viajes in vitro [13 voyages in vitro, 2018), Cul-de-sac (2009), La nueva taxidermia [The New Taxidermy, 2011], El genuino sabor [Authentic Taste, 2014], Verano azul: unas vacaciones en el corazón de la transición (Blue summer, holidays in the new democracy, 2016], or Malgastar [Squandering, 2016]. Her poetry has been published in a number of UK magazines including Modern Poetry in Translation, Long Term Magazine, Poetry London, Poem, Shearsman and Acumen.