Press, events, grants and more
Throughout my career, I have been awarded with several grants, such as the one of translator from Dutch into Spanish in the first edition of the CELA Europe project (Connecting Emerging Literary Artists), or as a resident translator in several translation houses, such as at the Translator’s House Amsterdam, at the Translation House Looren or at the Collège International des Traducteurs Littéraires (CITL) in Arles. I have also been invited to speak about literary translation at literature festivals, such as CapÃtulo Uno, Hay Festival or Crossing Border, and I have participated in several literary events. In this section I tell you a bit about all this and show you some interviews about me and my work, among other things.
Prizes and awards
Energheia Cultural Association and Quimera Magazine
Honourable mention in the Energheia Spain 2023 Literary Prize for the short story Hubo un castillo (There was a castle), published in issue 480 of the magazine Quimera, December of 2023.
Grants
CELA Europe (Connecting Emerging Literary Artists)
In the first edition of the CELA (Connecting Emerging Literary Artists) program, which ran from 2017 to 2019, I received a grant as a translator from Dutch into Spanish.
The Chronicles
In 2022 I participated in The Chronicles project as part of the Crossing Border 2022 festival (The Hague) and translated Dutch writer Anne van den Dool‘s five short stories from Dutch into Spanish about her own experiences of the festival under the guidance of literary translator Gonzalo Fernández Gómez.
Vertalersfabriek
Residency at the Translator’s House in Amsterdam after the Crossing Border 2022 festival, where I worked on the work of Dutch writer Anne van den Dool under the guidance of literary translator Gonzalo Fernández Gómez. It was an intensive week of translation under the supervision of the mentor at the headquarters of the Dutch Foundation for Literature.
Archipelagos
Stay at the Collège International des Traducteurs Littéraires (Arles, France) for the Archipelagos project, a grant for the literary scouting and research project on titles by French authors not published in Spanish in order to write reading reports and promote them to Spanish publishers. Result of the research published in my profile of the project where you can access the portfolio. Reports and translation extracts on request
Poetry International and Bombing of poems
Invited as translator from Dutch into Spanish of poems by several Dutch speaking authors, such as Bab Gons or Marjolijn van Heemstra, included as bookmarks in a performance in which they are dropped from a helicopter to simulate a bombing on the same day as the bombing of Rotterdam in the Second World War. May 2025.
ELV (Expertisecentrum Literair Vertalen)
The ELV is a center of excellence dedicated to literary translation from and into Dutch, based in Utrecht (The Netherlands). I was granted a mentorship for the translation of Lotte Lentes’ book, La arena del desierto (Lengua de Trapo, 2020), and I also received a mentorship for the completion of the translation of Neske Beks, El laberinto Morrison (Kaótica Libros, 2024). The mentorships consisted of guidance and revision of the translation of the books by the literary translator and professor Goedele de Sterck.
Dutch Foundation for Literature
Grant awarded to Kaótica Libros Spanish publishing house for the publication of my translation from Dutch into Spanish of Neske Beks’ book, El laberinto Morrison. Grant awarded to Lengua de Trapo for the publication of my translation from Dutch into Spanish of Lotte Lentes, La arena del desierto. Grant awarded to the publishing house Geoplaneta for the publication of my translation with Beatriz Jiménez López from Dutch into Spanish of Auke Kok’s book Johan Cruyff. Siempre al ataque.
Residencies
Translator’s House Amsterdam
Fifteen-day residency in March 2024 for the translation from Dutch into Spanish of the book El laberinto Morrison, of the Belgian author Neske Beks, published by the Spanish publishing house Kaótica Libros, (December 2024). The Vertalershuis (or Translator’s House) in Amsterdam is funded by the Dutch Foundation for Literature.
Translation House Looren
Ten-day residency in June 2024 for the completion of the translation from Dutch into Spanish of the book El laberinto Morrison (De Kleine Morrison), of the Belgian author Neske Beks, published by the Spanish publishing house Kaótica Libros, (December 2024). The Translation House Looren is a Swiss institution located in Wernetshausen where translators from all over the world reside for the translation of literary works.
Collège International des Traducteurs Littéraires (CITL)
Fifteen-day residency in August 2024 for the Archipelagos project, a grant for the literary scouting and research of titles by French authors not published in Spanish in order to write reading reports and promote them to Spanish publishers. The Collège International des Traducteurs Littéraires is located in Arles, France, and offers courses and residencies for literary translators, among other things.
Festivals
Hay Festival
Guest to the festival for the reading of an excerpt from my Spanish translation of the Dutch writer Lotte Lentes at Hay Festival Segovia 2018 as part of the CELA program.
CapÃtulo Uno
Guest to the festival for the presentation of the book La arena del desierto, published by the Spanish publishing house Lengua de Trapo, written by the Dutch writer Lotte Lentes, and for the reading of a fragment of my translation into Spanish; and for the reading of fragments and poem by the Dutch writer Joost Oomen. October 2021.
Crossing Border
Invited to the Crossing Border 2022 festival (The Hague) to talk about literary translation and the relationship between writer and translator.
EfÃmera III
Invited to the festival EfÃmera III, literature festival for the presentation of the 16th issue of the Spanish literary magazine La gran belleza, with the theme ‘Ahora’ (Now), published in March 2022. Participation in a round table at La Casa del Lector in Madrid to discuss my translation, from Dutch into Spanish, of the short story written by the Dutch author Joost Oomen, La oca en la Luna (original title Het eendje op de maan). March 2022.
Poetry Slam Madrid
Translation of two poems by Carmien Michels from Dutch into Spanish for screening at the International Poetry Slam in Madrid. December 2017.
Book fairs and events
Mallorzines
Participation in Mallorzines fanzine fair in Mallorca in July 2021, for the sale of my fanzines La isla rural and Flores y versos.
¡Hostia un libro!
Participation in ¡Hostia un Libro! fanzine fair in Madrid in October 2018, October 2022 and October 2023, for the sale of my fanzines La isla rural and Flores y versos.
Libros mutantes
Participation in Libros mutantes fanzine fair in Madrid in April 2018 for the sale of Editorial Froitas’ fanzines, which include my publications and Lauren Moya Ford’s fanzines.
Gutter Festival
Participation in Gutter Festival fanzine fair in Barcelona in May 2023, for the sale of my fanzines La isla rural and Flores y versos.
Sobrassada de peix
Participation in Sobrassada de peix fanzine fair in Mallorca in June 2022, for the sale of my fanzines La isla rural and Flores y versos.
Drac MÃ gic Bookstore (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Book presentation of my translation of Neske Beks’ essay, El laberinto Morrison, with the author at the Drac MÃ gic bookshop in Palma de Mallorca. December 2024.
Vitrina de autoras. LibrerÃa Lluna
(Palma de Mallorca)
Selected for the project created around Women’s Day organized by ACE Traductores, CEGAL and FADIP, in which women illustrator, bookseller and translator dialogue. Held at the Lluna Bookstore in Palma de Mallorca. March 2024.
Juan del Enzina Theatre and Salamanca University (Salamanca, Spain)
Participation in the dramatized reading of the play DAM, of the BOG collective, written in 2016 by the Belgian playwright Sanne Vanderbruggen as part of the course Teatro entre culturas, a course of translation of theatre organized by the University of Salamanca. May 2023.
Bluechair
(Madrid)
Organiser of a reading session at the Bluechair workspace in Madrid, based on two stories by Clarice Lispector and Katherine Mansfield in April 2024.
De Utrechtse Boekenbar Bookstore (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Reading in Spanish of an excerpt of my translation of Simone Atangana Bekono at the bookstore De Utrechtse Boekenbar in Utrecht, the Netherlands. 2018.
Desperate Literature Bookstore (Madrid)
Reading, with author Lauren Moya Ford, of an excerpt from the book Nine Postcards and a Love Letter in my translation, Nueve postales y una carta de amor, at Desperate Literature bookshop in Madrid, in February 2018.
Desperate Literature Bookstore (Madrid)
Bilingual reading, together with Lauren Moya Ford, of the fanzines Ocean air / Aire del océano and La isla rural / The Rural Island. Aire del océano (in my translation) and The Rural Island (in translation by Lauren Moya Ford).
Talks, podcasts and interviews
Notulen van het onzichtbare
Guest, with Natalia GarcÃa Freire, Silvia Bardelás and Michala Cicvakova, on the panel about solidarity between translators and writers in the framework of the CELA program. The recording of the conversation is available here. April 2024.
Altavoz cultural
Altavoz Cultural is a platform on literature.
Recording of the podcast on literary translation and, more specifically, on the translation process from Dutch into Spanish of Joost Oomen‘s nouvelle El sol al caer (Ediciones Franz, 2024). September 2024.
CapÃtulo Uno
Interview, together with Inés Sánchez Mesonero, on literary translation and on the European project CELA. October 2021.
Vasos comunicantes
Vasos Comunicantes is the translation magazine of the Spanish association of literary translators (ACE Traductores).
Interview about curiosities about my way of working, my translations and work habits: Del amigo el consejo. March 2023.
Altavoz cultural
Altavoz Cultural is a platform on literature.
Interview on the translation process of the novel Cuerpos de luz, of the Australian writer Jennifer Down, published in Spanish on Navona. 2023.
Mallorca Zeitung
Interview in German about the publication of La isla rural in the newspaper Mallorca Zeitung, both printed and online. August 2018.
The Island Review
Interview about my fanzine La isla rural in the online magazine The island Review. May 2019.
Harlequin Creature
Publication of an extract from my fanzine La isla rural in the online translation magazine Harlequin creature. March 2019.
Altavoz cultural
Altavoz Cultural is a platform on literature.
Interview about me and about my short story Infinito más uno, published in their anthology from their 2022 call for short stories.
Prize jury
Matilde Horne
Member of the jury of the Matilde Horne Translation prize in the editions of 2022 and 2024.
Professional associations
I am a profesional (and proud) member of:
