Ane Zubeldia Magriñá Wins Spain's National Prize for Young Poetry for 'Kontra'

Key facts

• Ane Zubeldia Magriñá won the Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven for her book Kontra.
• The jury cited the work's "unusual plastic intensity" and its experimental language, syncopated rhythms, repetitions, and onomatopoeia.
• The jury described the book's titular word as a poetic engine of resistance against present-day difficulties.
• Zubeldia was born in Hondarribia in 1994 and publishes under the surnames of her two grandmothers; her legal name is Ane García López.
• She is a translator who has worked in music and media and is a founding member of the literary collective Mejillón Tigre.
• Kontra is her first published poetic work.
• The jury was presided over by María José Gálvez Salvador, director general of Books, Comics and Reading at the Ministry of Culture, with Jesús González González as vice-president.
• Jury members included Juan Luis Cebrián, Xosé María Gómez Clemente, Manu López Gaseni, María Sevilla, Àngels Gregori, Eva Gallud, Balbina Prior, Luis Fermín Moreno, Roger Canadell, Carmen María López López, Alana S. Portero, and Elisa Fernández Guzmán.