A week in San Simón

With Martí Sales and Jesús Castro

Bar Lounge | 15.05.2025 / 19h | Poetry
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Poetry recital by Martí Sales and Jesús Castro.

By Blanca Llum Vidal

Jesús Castro Yáñez (Lugo, 1992) is the author of the books Os nomes e os himnos (2016), Ultramarino (2017) and Outroutro (2025). In the field of children's literature he wrote Mi amigo Federico (2023). He coordinated and translated the anthology of LGBT+ poetry Campo de plumas (2021) and translated into Galician two books by Anne Carson: A antropoloxía da auga (2023) and Autobiografía do vermello (2025).

Martí Sales. Born in 1979, the year of London Calling, Ста́лкер, Arrebato and Coral Romput, Martí Sales has written articles, bildungromans in verse, texts, manifestos, opera books, songs scratched with the Sirles, octosyllabic nights and dictionaries. He has translated a lot of books: from Ray Bradbury to Patti Smith, including Kae Tempest, John Berger, Kurt Vonnegut or John Fante. He has been an actor and a lighting technician, a teacher and a waiter, a black man and a Christmas basket deliverer. He has directed poetry festivals and Fans del Alcover-Moll, a podcast about song lyrics. He has participated in translation seminars in Kerala, Slovenia, Galicia and Germany. He is a member of the housing cooperative Ruderal.


Jesús Castro and Martí Sales, Alighiero Boetti, Mettere il mondo al mondo.

Thursdays of voice and word

Thursdays of voice and word is the Santa Mònica's programme dedicated to experimental proposals that explore the symbiosis between voice and language with recitals, readings and performances, free and regular on Thursdays at 7pm in the Sala Bar.

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