Location: Spain
Raquel F. Menéndez
Raquel F. Menéndez (Vallouta, Salas, 1993) is an Asturian poet. Her Spanish-language poetry collection Libélula was published in 2013, followed by the Asturian-language collection El llibru póstumu de Sherezade, published by Impronta in 2017. El llibru póstumu de Sherezade was awarded the Nené Losada Rico prize for Asturian poetry and chosen as the best book in Asturian in 2017 by the Tertulia Malory Jury. Her poetry often engages with issues such as the oral transmission of language and culture, the lives of women in rural communities, and intergenerational memory, as well as landscape and place.
