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Laura Yasán
Born	(1960-10-20)20 October 1960 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	20 June 2021(2021-06-20) (aged 60) Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Poet
Notable work	La llave Marylin
Awards	Casa de las Américas Prize (2008)
Website	www.laurayasan.com.ar

Laura Yasán (20 October 1960 – 20 June 2021) was an Argentine poet.

Career

Laura Yasán was born in Buenos Aires on 20 October 1960. Throughout her career, she organized writing workshops in penitentiary units, homes for minors, asylums, and libraries. In April 2016, she coordinated an experimental workshop on creative writing and psychodrama at the University Cultural Center of the National University of the Northeast (UNNE). In 1988 she joined the 3rd Antología Ilustrada de poesía joven, and later the poetic anthology Zapatos Rojos 2000. Her work was partially translated into English and published in the journal Poetry Ireland Review in 2002.

In 1998, she became part of A*(punto) Prieto, a women's group dedicated to literature.

Yasán participated in various poetry festivals and literary encounters, such as the International Poetry Festival of Rosario, the 13th International Poetry Festival of Medellín, the 1st International Poetry Festival in Lima (2012), the Latin American Poetry Festival in Buenos Aires (June 2015), the 2nd Correntino Poetry Festival, and the Poetry Festival in Mendoza (2016).

With the authors Jorge Boccanera [es], Patricia Díaz Bialet, and Juano Villafañe, she wrote the collective poem Con un tigre en la boca. Manual de los amantes in 2016.

Yasán died on 20 June 2021.

Works

• Cambiar las armas (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: Botella al Mar. 1997. ISBN 978-950-513-277-5.
• Loba negra (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: La Bohemia. 1999. ISBN 978-987-97444-0-6.
• Cotillón para desesperados (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: La Bohemia. 2001. ISBN 978-987-1019-06-9.
• Tracción a sangre (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: La Bohemia. 2004. ISBN 978-987-1019-19-9.
• Ripio (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: Grupo Editor Latinoamericano. 2007. ISBN 978-950-694-781-1.
• La llave Marilyn (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: Del Dock. 2010. ISBN 978-987-559-143-1.
• Pequeñas criaturas de lo incesante (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: Zona Borde. 2015. ISBN 978-987-45769-3-4.
• Palabras no (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: Zona Borde. ISBN 978-987-4120-00-7. (compilation)
• Ganado en su ley (1st ed.). Palabrava. ISBN 978-987-4156-00-6.

Awards

• EDUCA Singular Poetry Award (Costa Rica, 1998), for Loba negra
• Fondo Nacional de las Artes Award (Buenos Aires, 1998)
• 4th City of Medellín International Poetry Award (Colombia, 2002), special mention of the jury for Cotillón para desesperados
• Casa de las Américas Prize, Cuba 2008
• First Prize in Unpublished Poetry, Municipal Prizes of the city of Buenos Aires (2011)
• Carmen Conde Award, Madrid, Spain, 2011

References

1. ^ Gigena, Daniel (22 June 2021). "A los 60 años, murió la poeta Laura Yasan" [The Poet Laura Yasan Dies at 60]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. "Laura Yasan. Jorge Boccanera". La Otra Revista (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2018.
3. Rey, Sandra Patricia. "Presentación: palabras no, antología personal, de Laura Yasan". Mégara (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2018.
4. ^ "Datos de la autora" [Author's Information]. Pagina de poesia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
5. "Taller de experimentación en escritura creativa y psicodrama" [Workshop of Experimentation in Creative Writing and Psychodrama]. El Litoral (in Spanish). Corrientes. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
6. "Laura Yasan". Letralia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
7. Friera, Silvina (14 February 2012). "Una excursión a la tierra de Vallejo" [An Excursion to the Land of Vallejo]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
8. Magrini, Guido (24 June 2015). "El Festival Latinoamericano de Poesía, todo un éxito" [The Latin American Poetry Festival, a Complete Success]. Crónica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
9. "En abril se realizará el II Festival Correntino de Poesía" [In April the 2nd Correntino Poetry Festival Will Take Place]. El Litoral (in Spanish). Corrientes. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
10. "Comienza otra edición del Festival de Poesía en Mendoza" [Another Edition of the Poetry Festival in Mendoza Begins]. MDZ (in Spanish). 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
11. "Con un tigre en la boca. Manual de los amantes". Alternative Teatral (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
12. Friera, Silvina (19 June 2015). "'Hay que abrir la poesía'" ['You Have to Open Poetry']. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
13. Friera, Silvina (22 June 2021). "Adiós a la poeta Laura Yasan" [Goodbye to the Poet Laura Yasan]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
14. Boccanera, Jorge (17 December 2014). "Editan en Italia el libro 'Ripio' de la poeta Laura Yasan" [The Book 'Ripio' by the Poet Laura Yasan Published in Italy] (in Spanish). Télam. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
15. Milani, Pablo (2015). "Pequeñas criaturas de lo incesante". Revista Africa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
16. Friera, Silvina (11 February 2008). "'La soledad es una marca de época'" ['Loneliness is a Mark of Time']. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
17. "Galardones que nunca llegan" [Awards That Never Arrive]. Página/12 (in Spanish). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
18. "Las Cuatro Estaciones de la Palabra" [The Four Seasons of the Word]. El Litoral (in Spanish). Corrientes. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)

• 1960 births
• 2021 deaths
• 20th-century Argentine poets
• 20th-century Argentine women writers
• 21st-century Argentine poets
• 21st-century Argentine women writers
• Argentine women poets
• Writers from Buenos Aires