Yolanda Castaño

Yolanda Castaño (1977) is a Galician poet, artist and critic, a promoter of cultural and literary life in Galicia with extensive experience in organising various literary events. She has published eight books of poems, the first of which, Elevar as pálpebras, was published in 1995, and the most recent, A segunda lingua, in 2014. Castaño’s poetry is rich in every sense of the word – it echoes the complexity and layers of today’s world, the multitude of beings, sounds and places. It begins with the spatial experience of people, the openness of the world and the chance of finding connections everywhere, and arrives at the eternally unresolved dichotomy of the body and the soul (or the word), viewed through an autobiographical prism. Or as Castaño herself has said: “The world is a hotel without a reception.” In addition to writing and organising cultural events, Castaño has also worked on Galician television and was named best television commentator in 2005. Castaño is a renowned performer who combines poetry with music, theatre, dance, architecture, figurative art and even cuisine. 

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