Luis Alberto de Cuenca (Madrid, 1950) is a research fellow at the Institute of Languages and Literature of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
He has produced a significant body of work as a poet, essayist and translator. His book of poetry La caja de plata (1985) was winner of the Critics Award for Spanish Poetry (awarded annually by the Spanish Association of Literary Critics). It was also included within the collection Los mundos y los días: poesía 1970-2002 which features his entire catalogue of poetry from Elsinore to Sin miedo ni esperanza. The third edition of Los mundos y los días, fully revised and corrected, was published in 2007 by Visor.
His poetry collection La vida en llamas (2006) was awarded the National Translation Award for his version of Cantar de Valtario.
He has been director of the National Library of Spain and was appointed Secretary of State for Culture for the Spanish government.
In 2006, he was awarded the Literature Award by the Community of Madrid.
He had edited and translated Charles Perrault’s fairy tales, illustrated by Lucien Laforge.
One of the most note-worthy anthologies of his work is Hola, mi amor, yo soy el lobo (2009).
He was officially welcomed into the Royal Academy of History, in Madrid, as a permanent member, with a speech titled “History and literature”.
His works have been translated into French, German, Italian, English, and Bulgarian.
Luis Alberto de Cuenca will attend our poetry recital competition this coming 2nd March as a member of the judging panel.
The following day, the 3rd March, he will participate in the round-table discussion “Many Worlds” together with Jorge Edwards and Alicia Mariño.
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