Elena Medel

Elena Medel was born in Córdoba in 1985 and lives in Madrid. She is the author of three poetry collections and two works of non fiction. At 19 she founded the poetry publishing house La Belle Varsovia, one of the most prestigious in the Spanish speaking world. She is the recipient of the XXVI Loewe Prize for Young Poets, the Princess of Girona Foundation Arts and Literature Award 2016 fpr the whole of her work, and the Francisco Umbral Prize for the Best Book Of The Year 2020. The Wonders is...See more

Elena Medel was born in Córdoba in 1985 and lives in Madrid. She is the author of three poetry collections and two works of non fiction. At 19 she founded the poetry publishing house La Belle Varsovia, one of the most prestigious in the Spanish speaking world. She is the recipient of the XXVI Loewe Prize for Young Poets, the Princess of Girona Foundation Arts and Literature Award 2016 fpr the whole of her work, and the Francisco Umbral Prize for the Best Book Of The Year 2020. The Wonders is her first novel, and will be translated into thirteen languages. See less