Marta Eloy Cichocka (Cracow) – Polish poet and photographer, Iberian Studies scholar and a Francophile, literary investigator and translator (from Jean Baptise Racine and Pedro Calderón de la Barca to Roberto Juarroz, Pablo Neruda and Raúl Zurita, among others). Laureate of the 1st prize in Halina Poświatowska National Poetry Competition (2004), the 1st International SxS Antonio Machado Scholarship-Residence (2016) and the UNESCO Krakow City of Literature Prize (2021). She has published seven poetry books as well as two books on literary theory of contemporary historical novel, in French and in Spanish. She is the author of the bilingual libretto of the play “Hijas del aire. Dream of Balladyna. Córki powietrza. Sen Balladyny”, directed by Ignacio García (Teatr Jan Kochanowski, Opole – Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival, 2019). She also coordinates REPUBLICA POETICA (multilingual poetry readings) and MANUFACTURA DE POESÍA (translation workshops). She is an Associate Professor of the University of National Education Comission in Cracow.
