Luis García MonteroLuis García Montero is one of Spain's foremost contemporary literary figures: poet, scholar, novelist, essayist, script writer, lyricist and since 2018 director of Spain's Cervantes Institute. He helped forge a literary movement called "the poetry ofexperience," drawing on personal history and everyday language to craft universal motifs of depth and complexity. García Montero's foundational poetry collections include Habitaciones separadas (Separate Rooms), winner of Spain's National Poetry Prize, and La intimidad de la serpiente (The Intimacy of the Serpent), winner of the National Critics Award and Un año y tres meses (One Year and Three Months), winner of the 2022 Madrid Critic's Prize. In 2024, García Montero was honored with Mexico's International Carlos Fuentes Award for his lifetime contribution to Spanish language literature. Read More Read Less