Julia Piera

Who is Julia Piera?

Julia Piera is a contemporary poet. She is the author of the following books: Al vértice de la arena, Igual que esos pájaros disecados, Conversaciones con Mary Shelley and Puerto Rico digital. She is the winner of the Villa de Madrid 2010 Poetry Prize for her book Puerto Rico digital.

Her poems have appeared in various magazines and publications such as El periódico de poesía, El signo del gorrión, Can Mayor, ArteletrA and Galerna. Her work has also been included in anthologies Once de marzo, poemas para el recuerdo, Campo abierto, Poetas en blanco y negro contemporáneos, Complicidades, Landing Places: Immigrant Poets in Ireland, Palabras sobre palabras: 13 poetas jóvenes de España and most recently Poetry from Spain for the 21st Century, edited by Forrest Gander. During 2013 she participated in the transmedia project “Imagina cuántas palabras” in Spain. She has collaborated with the painter Jesús Ibáñez in the introductory text to his 2006-2007 exhibition at the Ansorena Gallery in Madrid. Some of her poems have been versioned into pieces by the experimental British composer Geoff Gould. Piera collaborates with the El viajero travel section of the Spanish newspaper El País.