Paula Simonetti

Paula Simonetti
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Biography

Paula Simonetti (b. Montevideo, Uruguay, 1989). She holds a degree in humanities and specializes in arts administration. She works in the field of social services and community education. In 2012 she won First Prize in the Pablo Neruda Award for Young Poets, and in 2012 she received honorable mention in Uruguay’s Juan Carlos Onetti national poetry contest. Her first poetry book, En la boca de los tristes (Montevideo: LoQueVendrá, 2014), is related to her work with at-risk populations.

 

 


Paula Simonetti, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1989. Licenciada en Letras y especialista en gestión cultural. Trabaja en el área social y la cultura comunitaria. En el 2012 obtuvo el Primer Premio de Poesía Joven Pablo Neruda, en el 2013 obtuvo una mención en el concurso nacional Juan Carlos Onetti. Su primer poemario, En la boca de los tristes (Montevideo: LoQueVendrá, 2014), está relacionado a su trabajo con poblaciones vulneradas.

 

First posted: November 11, 2015

Last modified: April 18, 2016