Marta Pérez Sierra (Barcelona, 1957) has a degree in Catalan Philology and is a teacher. She has published fifteen collections of poems, notable amongst which are Dones d’heura (Pagès Editors, 2011 – winner of the Second Jordi Pàmies Award), Escorcoll (Edicions del Buc, 2019 – 36th Premi Manuel Rodríguez Martínez — Ciutat d’Alcoi Award), Punta de plom (Pagès Editors, 2020 – 16th Agustí Bartra — Ciutat de Terrassa Award), Escrit en un tovalló de bar i altres poems (Voliana Edicions, 2024 – 5th Esteve Albert – Vila d’Argentona Prize for Poetry), and Safrà (Viena Edicions, 2024- 43rd Vila de Benissa 25 April Award). She has also published short story collections, microfiction, and children’s books.

With Margalida Capellà, she is co-editor of Dones, arbres i poesia (Voliana Edicions, 2021), in which 130 poems depict trees and nature.

The website martaperezsierra.com presents all the published works by Marta Pérez Sierra, and her cultural activities and reviews may be found at the online blog 4lletres.cat.

She is a member of the Associació d’Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC – Association of Catlan Language Writers).

Contact the author.
 

Web page: Josep Miàs for AELC.
Documentation: Marta Pérez Sierra.
Photograph: © Elvira Valle Quer.
Translation: Julie Wark.