Lupe Gomez
Author · 7 books
Lupe Gómez was born in Fisteus, Galicia in 1972 and currently lives in Santiago de Compostela. Her first book of poems, Pornography, published in the mid 1990s, sent a ripple of surprise and protest through Galician literature for its bold exploration of women’s bodies and sexuality. It was translated into English by Rebeca Lema and Erín Moure, and published in Germany in 2013 in an extensive volume on her work entitled Libre e estranxeira—Estudos e traducións. Camouflage (Chan da Pólvora, 2017) is her 15th book, and is in its third printing in Galicia. It received the prestigious Spanish Critics’ Prize for 2018 for poetry in Galician and the 2018 Gala do Libro Galego Prize for poetry. Camouflage and Pornography will both appear in Spanish (Castilian) translation in 2019. Besides devoting herself to poetry, Gómez is a journalist and theater critic, and a liturgical reader in the cathedral of Santiago. Her work will soon be put to music by acclaimed musician and singer Amancio Prada.
