Yolanda Castaño

Yolanda Castaño is a Galician poet, essayist, editor and cultural curator. Winner of Spain’s 2023 National Poetry Award, she has published eight poetry books, among them Materia [Matter] (Xerais, 2022) and A Segunda Lingua [Second Tongue] (PEN Club Galicia, 2014). Her work, translated into nearly three dozen languages, has reached audiences across four continents. 

Castaño lives and directs a writers’ residency in A Coruña, Galicia.