The Colombian Piedad Bonnett was awarded this Monday with the XXIII Reina Sofía Prize for Ibero-American Poetry, the most prestigious in the field of poetry in Spanish and Portugueseaccording to the jury’s ruling made public in Madrid.
The Colombian writer Piedad Bonnett was “very grateful” after being awarded this Monday with the XXIII Reina Sofía Prize for Ibero-American Poetry, the most prestigious in the field of poetry in Spanish and Portuguese, for her work as a poet, which she defines as a “accessible poetry.”
A remote illusion
«One always has that illusion, let’s say, but it is remote because it is difficult to win a prize like that, I am very, very happy and very grateful to the jury in any case because there are many possible names in the Spanish language, we have extraordinary poets, so nothing, “I am very, very happy,” Bonnett said in statements after hearing the news.
Bonnett (Amalfi, Antioquia, 1951), is “a current voice of reference in Ibero-American poetry, with an elaborate treatment of language that allows you to approach life experience with depth and beauty and to respond with humanity to the tragedy of life», highlighted the manager of the National Heritage of Spain, María Dolores Menéndez, when announcing the jury’s decision at the Royal Palace of Madrid.
