Laia Martínez i López (born 1984), also known as Laia MaLo, is a Catalan writer and musician.
Laia Martínez i López | |
|---|---|
 Laia Malo in 2016 | |
| Born | 1984 |
| Nationality | Catalonia |
| Other names | Laia MaLo |
| Occupation(s) | writer, musician, translator |
| Years active | 2007 |
| Website | laiamalo |
Life
editMalo was born in Berga, Catalonia, Spain on the 21 April 1984.[1] In 2007, she graduated from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Translation and Interpreting.
Career
editSince 2012 she is part of the electronic duo Jansky with Jaume Reus, 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
editIn 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
editMalo signed the first Catalan translation of Patti Smith. The collection of poems Auguris d'innocència (Auguries of innocence) was published in 2019 by Labreu Edicions. She also translated Djuna Barnes’ novel Nightwood for the same publisher, in 2021.
References
edit- ^ "Día de la poesia catalana a internet #jollegeixo" (PDF). Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "jansky – Primeros Pasitos". primerospasitos.com. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Jansky".
- ^ "Laia Martinez i Lopez: "Necessito que l'art m'exciti"". Núvol (in Catalan). Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Associaciò d'escriptors en llengua catalana". www.escriptors.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Laia Martínez i López, "Cançó amb esgarrip i dos poemes" (Lleonard Muntaner, 2015) – 40Putes". 40Putes (in Catalan). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Parir o engolir: la poesia de Laia Martinez i Lopez". Llegir en cas d'incendi (in Catalan). Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Mallorca, Diario de. "Laia Martinez i Lopez publica 'Afollada', "un canto a la libertad"". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "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.