Anna Aguilar-Amat
- January 10, 2024
- Poet
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Anna Aguilar-Amat Biography
| Name | Anna Aguilar-Amat |
| Birthday | Jan 31 |
| Birth Year | 1962 |
| Place Of Birth | Barcelona |
| Home Town | Catalonia |
| Birth Country | Spain |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Anna Aguilar-Amat is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on January 31, 1962 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Anna Aguilar- Amat (full name Anna Aguilar Amat Castillo born on 31 Jan. 1962, in Barcelona) is a Catalan poet translator, researcher, and professor at the university in the field of Terminology as well as Computational Linguistics. She is a prolific writer primarily in Catalan (as poets who writes exclusively in Catalan as a poet, which she uses in certain of her research and essays also) however she also does some writing in Spanish (primarily essays and research). She holds a PhD at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, where she teaches Terminology as it relates to translation in the Translation Faculty. She has published five collections of poetry and won numerous prizes in the field of Catalan poetry. Her poems are included in a variety of anthologies featuring Catalan poets. She is translated in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Sardinian, Macedonian, Finnish, Arabian, Turkish, Greek, German and Slovenian. She was featured within The Anthology New European Poets by Wayne Miller & Kevin Prufer, Minnesota 2008.
Since 2003, she’s been the president of QUARKpoesia (Aula of Poesia at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) which is a university-based association that promotes poetry and the translation of poetry from lesser spoken dialects (minority writings). Since 2006, she has founded and started the poetry publication series Refraccions (Refractions) that is focused on publishing bilingual poetry collections, via the Universitat de Barcelona’s publishing house, the Servei de Publicacions.
Alongside the famous Catalan poet Francesc Parcerisas. She has published a poetry collection Coses Petites : poemes a four-mans (Little Things: Poetry Written by Two Hands, Miquel Plana, Olot 2002) featuring illustrations by the publisher Miquel Plana as well as the collection of essays, El placer of the lectura (The pleasure of Reading, Editorial Sintesis, Madrid, 2004, in Spanish).
Anna Aguilar-Amat Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Anna Aguilar-Amat is one of the richest Poet from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anna Aguilar-Amat 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Anna Aguilar-Amat holds a doctorate at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona which is where she teaches the subjects of Terminology as well as Computational Linguistics in the Translation Faculty and has written many specialized texts in the area. While she was awarded a few literary awards while when she was a student, and also wrote the lyrics for a variety of artists, she was brought into the spotlight of the modern Catalan poetry scene after she was given three of the highest-profile and well-known prize for Catalan poetry in the span of two consecutive years: The ‘Jocs Florals city in Barcelona (Premi Englantina D’Or als Jocs Florals de Barcelona 2001) for her debut published work in the form of a publication Petrolier (Oil Tanker Series “Edicions de la Guerra”, Editorial Denes, Paiporta, Valencia, 2003) and the “Carles Riba Award’ (Premi Carles Riba 2000) for Transit between dos vols (Transit between Two Flights, Edicions Proa, Barcelona 2001) as well as the “Marius Torres Award’ (Premi Marius Torres 2001) for Musica i escorbut (Music and Scurvy, Edicions 62, Barcelona, 2002, published in English as an electronic book from Sandstone Press).
As an entertainer, she’s performed all over the world reciting her poems. She has performed at the most important festivals of Catalonia as well as the Valencian Community, including the “Setmana de Poesia de Barcelona 2001” (Barcelona Poetry Week, regarded as to be the most prestigious poetry event in Catalonia) She has also been able to organize a number of poetry readings at the University as well as inviting international guest speakers. As of (2007) her year, she had the opportunity to perform at the very first Festa de la Poesia a Sitges that was created by poetry writers Joan Duran and Celia Sanchez-Mustich and was honored by the festival for her contribution to Catalan Poetry. Internationally she has performed her poetry in several countries, the most recent recitals being in Argentina (2010) in addition to Ukraine (International Literature Festival in Lviv in September of 2010) Other festivals include StAnza the Scottish Poetry Festival (2000), as well as a performance held at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (“Catalan Poets Honor Pedro Pietri”, World Voices Festival, NY, 2007).
Her fourth book of poems is Jocs de l’oca (The Goose Games, Servei de Publicacions, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 2006). The poems in the book are laid out like the 63 squares of the board game (Game of the Goose) and the book can be “played” as well as read.
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Anna Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Anna Aguilar-Amat celebrates birthday on January 31 of every year.