Maria Josep Escrivà

Síndrome premenstrual

Poems

• 1 New Poema a la intempèrie | Translations: en
• 2 New La llum és l'excepció | Translations: en
• 3 New L'obscè | Translations: en
• 4 New La casa sota la lluna | Translations: en
• 5 New Lentes estalactites | Translations: en
• 6 New Obstacles | Translations: en
• 7 New Síndrome premenstrual | Translations: en
• 8 New Els anys serens | Translations: en
• 9 New Els polps | Translations: en

Language: catalan

Translations: english (Premenstrual syndorme)

Síndrome premenstrual

Devastades
com si un mar infinit
o una terra erma

la meua pena i jo
jo amb la meua pena
som.

Paràsit de paràsit

indivises
afirmatives
insuportables

menstruals i recíproques:

la meua pena em fa
jo faig la meua pena
i ens fem les dues

subjugada companyia.

Translations:

Language: english

Premenstrual syndorme

Devastated 

as if an infinite sea 

or barren land 

my woe and I 

I and my woe 

are one. 

Parasite to parasite 

 

whole 

affirmative 

unbearable 

 

menstrual and reciprocal: 

my woe gives me, 

I give my woe, 

and we give each other 

subdued company. 

Maria Josep Escrivà

photo © Sergi Escrivà

* 10.03.1968, El Grau de Gandia, Spain
lives in: , Spain

Maria Josep Escrivà (El Grau de Gandia, 1968) is the author of six books of poetry, the last three of which have been significant in her career for several reasons: with Flors a casa (2007), she won the Jocs Florals de Barcelona Prize and with it, the title of «Poet of the City»; Serena barca (2016) won the 2017 Valencian Writers' Critics Award. And Sempre és tard (2020) won the Miquel de Palol de Girona Prize and later was awarded the Catalan Poetry Critics Prize.

photo © Salva Gregori

She is the author of narrative books for readers of all ages, such as Àngels de nata (2013), L’Home del Capell de Palla (2017) or Tenda d’animals (2018).

Her poems have been included in several anthologies in Italian, French and English. In the latter you can read a sample of her poetry in Women Writers in Catalan (Raig Verd, 2017).

She has published numerous articles of literary criticism in various media. She directs a collection of poetry at Edicions 96, the Valencian publishing house where she works.

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