Antònia Vicens

[És que a vegades]

Poems

• 1 dEmbriaguesa | Translations: en
• 2 dServitud | Translations: en
• 3 [Llavors et revé] | Translations: enfr
• 4 [Trets em fereixen el front] | Translations: enes
• 5 [De joveneta volia ser] | Translations: esen
• 6 [Aquest neguit] | Translations: esenfr
• 7 [Els cavalls] | Translations: esen
• 8 [És que a vegades] | Translations: enfr
• 9 La poesia | Translations: debereneseteufrglhuitocro
• 10 Els peus li feien mal | Translations: esenfr
• 11 Una instantània | Translations: esen

Language: catalan

Translations: english ([it’s that sometimes]), french ([c’est que parfois])

[És que a vegades]

és que a vegades a un pescador
se li romp
el fil i et quedes al fons de
la mar
amb l’ham clavat
a les genives

Translations:

Language: english

[it’s that sometimes]

it’s that sometimes a fisherman’s
line breaks
and you remain at the bottom
of the sea
with the hook stuck
in your gums.

Language: french

[c’est que parfois]

c’est que parfois le pêcheur
casse
sa ligne et tu restes au fond de
la mer
son hameçon planté
dans tes gencives

Antònia Vicens

photo © Institució de les Lletres Catalanes

* 27.03.1941, Santanyí, Spain
lives in: El Terreno (Palma), Spain

Antònia Vicens (Santanyí, 1941) made her literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories Banc de fusta (Wooden Bench), which was awarded the Vida Nova de Cantonigrós Prize. A year later, she received the Sant Jordi Prize for her first novel, 39º a l’ombra (39º in the Shade). 
Her novels 39º a l’ombra and Terra seca (Dry Land) have been translated into German and Spanish and several of her short stories have appeared in anthologies in Italian, German, Spanish, and Hungarian. 

photo © Institució de les Lletres Catalanes

Although most of her early work was fiction, she has been writing and publishing only poetry since 2009. She presently resides in El Terreno (Palma).

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