Laia Mart��nez i López

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Laia Martínez i López
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Laia Malo in 2016
Born1984 (1984)
Berga, Catalonia
Spain
NationalityCatalonia
Other namesLaia MaLo
Occupationwriter, musician, translator
Years active2007
Websitelaiamalo.com

Laia Martínez i López, also known as Laia MaLo, (1984) is a Catalan writer and musician.

Life[]

Malo was born in Berga, Catalonia, Spain in 1984.[1] In 2007, she graduated from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Translation and Interpreting.

Career[]

Since 2012 she is part of the electronic duo Jansky, which has published, with the record label Primeros Pasitos, the albums Un big bang a la gibrella and ÈÉ in 2013 and 2015, respectively.[2] Their latest LP, This is electroverse was published in 2018 with Hidden Track Records.[3] Since 2014 she has been vocal for Mallorca of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC).[4][5][6]

In 2015 she finished her third work Cançó amb esgarrip i dos poemes.[7] Her collection Afollada, published in 2016, addresses the issue of motherhood and presents itself as a song to freedom.[8][9] Her latest collection is Venus volta (Lleonard Muntaner, 2018).

Awards[]

In 2011 she won the Art Jove poetry prize of 2010 for her book L'estiu del tonight, tonight.[10] and which has been translated into Spanish. In 2018 Jansky won the SUNS Award to Best European Band in a Minorized Language (Udine, Italy).

Translations[]

Malo has been in charge of the first Catalan translation of Patti Smith. The collection of poems Auguris d'innocència (Auguries of innocence) was published in 2019 by Labreu Edicions.

References[]

  1. ^ "Día de la poesia catalana a internet #jollegeixo" (PDF). Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ^ "jansky – Primeros Pasitos". primerospasitos.com. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ^ http://www.hiddentrackrecords.com/artists/jansky. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Laia Martinez i Lopez: "Necessito que l'art m'exciti"". Núvol (in Catalan). Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Associaciò d'escriptors en llengua catalana". www.escriptors.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Laia Martínez: "Els poetes no vivim al marge de la societat, però li oferim una mirada diferent"". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Laia Martínez i López, "Cançó amb esgarrip i dos poemes" (Lleonard Muntaner, 2015) – 40Putes". 40Putes (in Catalan). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Parir o engolir: la poesia de Laia Martinez i Lopez". Llegir en cas d'incendi (in Catalan). Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  9. ^ Mallorca, Diario de. "Laia Martinez i Lopez publica 'Afollada', "un canto a la libertad"". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Laia Martínez i López gana el Art Jove con un poemario sobre "el amor y el paisaje"". Ultima Hora (in Spanish). 8 April 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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