Mireia Calafell

Invitado de Honor

Mireia Calafell is a poet. She has published Poètiques del cos (Body Poetics) (2006), which received the Amadeu Oller Prize (2006) and the Anna Dodas Prize (2007) for the Best Book Published by a Previously Unpublished Author, as well as Costures (Seams), winner of the Josep Maria López Picó Prize (2009). With Tantes mudes (So Many Moults) (Benvingut Oliver Prize, 2013), she was awarded the Lletra d’Or for the Best Book published in Catalan in 2014. Nosaltres, qui (We, Who) (2020) received the Mallorca Poetry Prize (2019) and was recognised by the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language as the Best Poetry Collection Published in 2020.
Most recently, she won the Carles Riba Prize for Si una emergència (If an Emergency) (2024). She has been co-director of the Poesia i + Festival (2015–2016) and Barcelona Poesia (2018–2021).
 

Other activities involving the participant:

Presentation Antología de Poesía Catalana
The Poetry Room

Anna Gual

Invitado de Honor

Anna Gual is a poet and the author of eight poetry collections: Implosions (2008), L’ésser solar (2013), Símbol 47 (2015), Molsa (2016), El tubercle (2016), Altres semideus (2019), Ameba (2020) and Les ocultacions (2022). In 2025 she published the anthology Jo tinc una mort petita, a selection of poems about the grief of losing a child. Her many accolades include the Pare Colom, Bernat Vidal i Tomàs, Senyoriu Ausiàs March, Rosa Leveroni and Miquel de Palol awards. Gual’s work has been translated into French, Italian and Spanish, and her poems have appeared in international magazines such as Poetry Magazine, Harvard Review and Modern Poetry in Translation. Most recently, the Spanish translation of Les ocultacions (Las ocultaciones) was published by Vaso Roto in 2025. She has participated in festivals and residencies in various European countries. Her poetry explores themes such as nature, the body and spirituality. Some of her poems have been put to music by artists and groups including OMAC and Judit Nedderman. She has also collaborated with the Palau de la Música Catalana and runs various shows that combine poetry with music.

Other activities involving the participant:

The Poetry Room
Expanded Poetry Evening