Sharon Olds will receive the award created for the occasion by the sculptor Cristina Almodóvar.

The American writer Sharon Olds will receive the Joan Margarit International Poetry Prize on July 20th at the Instituto Cervantes in New York, promoted by the Instituto Cervantes and the publishing house La Cama Sol, with the support of the family of the poet Joan Margarit (1938-2021). This is the first edition of this recognition created to promote internationally the figure of the Catalan author, winner of the Cervantes Prize and the Reina Sofía Poetry Prize, among others, and to celebrate the talent of outstanding contemporary authors.

The award ceremony can be seen in real time on the Instituto Cervantes YouTube channel.

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