Azahara Palomeque
Azahara Palomeque.[1] (1986) is a Spanish writer and intellectual. Palomeque has published books of poetry, essay, chronicles, and fiction, and she is a regular contributor to news media, speaking on topics such as U.S. and Spanish politics, environmentalism, and culture.
She completed a double B.A. in Journalism and Media Studies at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a Master's in Luso-Brazilian Studies at the University of Texas, and a PhD in Cultural Studies at Princeton University, where she wrote a dissertation on Spanish political and literary exiles living in the Caribbean and South America during the Spanish Civil War[2]. Before returning to Spain, she taught courses on philosophy and international politics at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice.
She currently lives in Córdoba, Spain, after living in the United States for 13 years. Her choice to move to the United States was mainly due to the financial crisis of 2008, a topic she reflects on frequently to explain a larger pattern in younger generational economic and societal declines (analyzed in depth in her book, Vivir peor que nuestros padres)[3].
About her work
She has published four books of poetry, in addition to a bilingual poetry chapbook entitled The Wolf’s Tooth (Carmina in minima re, 2014). Her first two books of poetry, American Poems[4] (2015) and En la ceniza blanca de las encías[5] (2017), were both published by La Isla de Siltolá (Sevilla). American Poems was translated to English by Sean Manning and published by Coolgrove Books[6] (NYC) in 2022. RIP Rest in Plastic[7] (2019) and Currículum[8] (2022) were both published by RiL Editores (Spain/Chile). Notably, all her poetry collections were published while Palomeque lived in the United States, an indelible mark that permeates each collection in different ways[9].
Her book of chronicles, Año 9: crónicas catastróficas en la era Trump[10], also published by RiL Editores (2020), is an intimate meditation, assumed through different lenses (immigration, education, race), on U.S. social structural problems. Recently, a second edition has been released, and it includes new chronicles and a short story entitled Las moscas (The flies).
In Vivir peor que nuestros padres[11] (Anagrama, 2023), Palomeque argues that the economic growth and climate stability that characterized the 20th Century no longer applies to younger generations. Analyzing both the U.S. and Spanish generational threads and economic and climate impacts, Palomeque highlights a younger generation's precariousness, as well as the insecurity of their future[12][13].
In her first novel, Hurracán de negras palomas[14] (La Moderna, 2023), Palomeque reflects on the failed American Dream through the three voices of a multicultural and multiracial family: father, wife, and adopted daughter. Each chapter is the singular voice of one of these characters, and the reader sees through each the destructive power of not only a natural disaster (a hurricane rips through the town) but of American cultural hypocrisy.
Palomeque is a regular contributor to El País[15], and her journalism has appeared in La Marea[16], CTXT[17], Público[18], among other Spanish publications. She is more commonly known for reporting on U.S. politics, environmentalism, and culture.
Recently, her second novel, Pueblo Blanco Azul, was a finalist for the 2024 Premio Herralde de Novela[19]
Publications
Poetry
o American Poems. La Isla de Siltolá, 2015.
o En la ceniza blanca de las encías. La Isla de Siltolá, 2017.
o R.I.P. (Rest in Plastic). RiL Editores, 2019.
o Currículum. RiL Editores, 2022.
Non-fiction
o Año 9: crónicas catastróficas en la era Trump. RiL Editores, 2020, 2024.
o Vivir peor que nuestros padres. Anagrama, 2023.
Fiction
o Hurracán de negras palomas. La Moderna, 2023.
External Links
o Official webpage. Includes biography, news, and contact.
o Plastic Lives: Migration, Uprooting, and Ecological Catastrophe in the Poetry of Azahara Palomeque. Alberto López Martín, Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies, Vol. 4, No.1.
o Interview, Encuentros Canal Sur. Leonardo Sardiña, 24 Nov 2024.
o Interview, Babelia, El País. Sergio Fanjul, 12 May 2024.
o Interview, El Salto. Manuel Nogueras, 7 May 2024.
o Interview, Cordópolis. Juan Velasco, 5 Feb 2023.
o 6 Poemas de Azahara Palomeque, Zenda. 30 Nov 2022.
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- ↑ "Azahara Palomeque". Azahara Palomeque (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "Ph.D. Dissertations | Spanish and Portuguese". spo.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ canalsur (2024-12-01). Encuentros Canal Sur | Azahara Palomeque, escritora, poeta y periodista. Retrieved 2025-05-12 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "American Poems – La Isla de Siltolá". laisladesiltola.es. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "En la ceniza blanca de las encías – La Isla de Siltolá". laisladesiltola.es. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "American Poems". Coolgrove Books. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ tienda.rileditores.com https://tienda.rileditores.com/q/detalle?p2_id=18715. Retrieved 2025-05-12. Missing or empty
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|title=(help) - ↑ "Hablemos Escritoras Podcast · Episodio 109: Azahara Palomeque". Hablemos Escritoras (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "Año 9. Crónicas catastróficas en la era Trump - RIL Editores" (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "Vivir peor que nuestros padres - Palomeque, Azahara - 978-84-339-0514-7". Editorial Anagrama. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ Morales, Javier (2023-09-10). "Los tiempos cambian: ahora tocar vivir peor que nuestros padres". EL ASOMBRARIO & Co. (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ González-Cotta, Javier (2023-08-06). "Hijos del precariado". Diario de Sevilla (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ Moderna, La. "Huracán de negras palomas - Azahara Palomeque". librerialamoderna.com (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ PAÍS, Ediciones EL (2025-01-20). "Artículos escritos por Azahara Palomeque". El País (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "Azahara Palomeque, Autor en lamarea.com". lamarea.com (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "Azahara Palomeque | ctxt.es". ctxt.es. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ Palomeque, Azahara. "Azahara Palomeque: todos sus artículos | Público". www.publico.es (in español). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "Siete novelas son finalistas del Premio Herralde que se fallará el día 4 de noviembre". La Vanguardia (in español). 2024-10-24. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
