22/08/2024
Estamos muy contentas porque nuestra querida autora, Elena Salamanca, ganó la residencia de escritura creativa del prestigioso International Writing Program de la Universidad de Iowa. A partir del 1 de septiembre y a lo largo de dos meses y medio estará trabajando en su proyecto de escritura. Entre lxs autorxs que han obtenido esta residencia se encuentran Orham Pamuk, Mircea Cărtărescu, José Donoso, Luisa Valenzuela, Luisa Futoransky y Rodrigo Fresan, entre otros. Es la primera persona salvadoreña que la gana. Celebramos con gran alegría y emoción. Próximamente publicaremos su libro *[Incógnita flora cuscatlánica]* con traducción al italiano de Federico Cantoni.
Elena Salamanca (poet, historian, fiction writer, art curator; El Salvador) is the author of several multidisciplinary books of poetry, fiction, and scholarly historical work. She has published three bilingual editions of her poetry translated into English: Tal vez monstruos [Monsters Maybe] (2022), Landsmoder (2022), and La familia o el olvido [Family or Oblivion] (2017). She is the creator, author, researcher, and co-coordinator of the collection SIEMPREVIVAS: Extraordinary Women in the History of El Salvador (2022). She is a three-time recipient of the National Poetry Prize in El Salvador, and her books have been published in the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Though she currently lives in Mexico, she continues to work as an academic, artist, and activist in El Salvador.
Salamanca's participation is made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State (Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State) and Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador. Please join us in welcoming her!
You can see the full list of incoming participants as we announce them at iwp.uiowa.edu/residency/participants.
