Saul Gomez Mantilla. Colombia, 1978. Professional in literary studies. Master in Literary Creation. Reading and creative writing promoter He directs the alternative editorial Épica Editions.
He has published poetry books: Travel Ideas, (2004); Oblivion Lesson (2007); Face that is not found (2009); Love and the word (2012); Arid landscapes of memory, anthology (2017); Another Empty Attempt (2018); Days of May, anthology, (2021). Days of confinement, fictional graphic diary, (2022); Cracks at night, (2022).
Recognitions: National Prize for Young Poetry, XI and XVI International Poetry Festival of Medellín, (2001 and 2006); Nominated by Colombia for the bridges of Struga World Poetry Prize, (2010); National Poetry Award Carlos Hector Trejos Reyes, (2019); Selected by Colombia for the exhibition Parentesis. Stories from uncertainty, AECID, (2021); National Essay Award Pentagon for recitals, (2022). International Circulation Scholarship for Writers, Min Cultura, (2023).
Devoción
Un cuerpo que revienta
todos los días a una nueva entrega
un abandonarse en otra piel.
Devotion
A body that bursts
every day to a new delivery
an abandonment in another skin.
Contemplación
Palabras que permiten la vida
alunizar en los ojos de una mujer
en cuyo rostro
todas las mujeres
habitan.
Contemplation
Words that allow life
landing on the eyes of a woman
in whose face
all the women
exist.
Anhelo
La esperanza cobija al nuevo libro
una mujer surge a cada página
en cada muerte de capítulo
el cuerpo espera un estallido.
I long
Hope shelters the new book
a woman appears on every page
in every death of chapter
the body expects an outburst.
Ceremonia
Encontrarse con el libro
entre sus páginas
línea a línea
la salvación de la noche.
Ceremony
meet the book
between its pages
line to line
the salvation of night
Leídos
De qué forma el libro nos altera
nos atraviesa
somos otros
al pasar la página
—otros ojos nos miran al dormir—
Read
How the book transform us
crosses us
we are others
when turning the page
—when we sleep other eyes look at us—
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