Hispanic Studies

Luis Muñoz was born in Granada in 1966. He graduated from the University of Granada with degrees in Hispanic Philology and Romance Philology, and he holds a PhD in Spanish Literature. In his hometown, he directed the University of Granada’s Aula de Literatura (1992-2000), as well as the poetry magazine Hélice (Helix) from its founding until its closure (1992-2002). Between 2001 and 2012, he worked in Madrid as an advisor to the Residencia de Estudiantes.

In 1994, he edited the anthology El lugar de la poesía (The Place of Poetry) and has translated, among other titles, El cuaderno del viejo (The Notebook of the Old Man) by Giuseppe Ungaretti (Pre-Textos, 2000). In 2008, he curated the exhibition "Gallo. Interior de una revista" ("Gallo. Interior of a Magazine") about the publication directed in 1928 by Federico García Lorca.

The collection Limpiar pescado. Poesía reunida 1991-2005 (Cleaning Fish. Collected Poems, 1991-2005) contains Muñoz’s poetic work until 2005. He has published the books Septiembre (September), Manzanas amarillas (Yellow Apples), El apetito (The Appetite), Correspondencias (Correspondences), Querido silencio (Dear Silence) and Vecindad (Neighborhood). He has received, among others, awards from the Ciudad de Córdoba, Generación del 27 and Ojo Crítico. Since 2012, Muñoz has been a professor at the University of Iowa, USA. He lives between Iowa City and Madrid.

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