I'm going to die in the emptiness,
in the incomprehensible echo
of so many lost voices
within my voices.

I'm falling
Falling...
And dying
with each ambiguous word.

Uncertainty knows...
how to kill.

(Del libro inédito Ecos de tristeza)
Traducido por: Laura Burns
Yamilka Noa - Todos los derechos reservados 2009

Sobre mí

Yamilka Noa

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Yamilka Noa (born 31 July 1980) is a Cuban-Costa Rican poet and filmmaker, awarded five times by "Nosside World Poetry Prize" (Italy). Her works have been translated into three languages.

Yamilka Noa by Tim Dourado, London 2009

Her poems have been published in several literary journals and magazines including AN, Isla Negra, Poetas del mundo,Guatini, Cinosargo, Arcane Radio, and Radio Momentos, "El País".

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Life[edit]

Her career as a poet began In 2006 when she self-published her book "La pasión detrás de la ventana", three years after she moved to Costa Rica. She became Costa Rican citizen in 2011 while living in London United Kingdom, where she studied from 2009 until 2013. She graduated from University of West London majoring in Film Production.

She is, simultaneously, member of multiple literary groups including Global Writers in Spanish/REMES network; Poetas del mundo; La Voz de la Palabra Escrita International; Mi Literatura; Poesía sin genero; Mi Arte; El poder de la palabra; Cerca de ti, Artes Poeticas, Punto Hispano, LetrasKiltras, Creatividad Internacional.

Yamilka reading from her first english book "Echoes of sorrow", London 2010

Her father, Pedro M. Calzadilla Guevara, who was also a poet, died in 2008. In 2009 She introduced her book "Mi miedo sólo mío", in Barbican Centre and paid tribute to her father.

Prizes[edit]

Five special mentions (Including a medal) in the Nosside Poetry Prize competition (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 for her video poem 'Insomnio'), an International Multilingual and Multimedia Award for previously unpublished work. Best Performance by a performer working in English and another language by Farrago Zoo Awards, 2010.

Anthologies[edit]

Unesco World Poetry Directory (Nosside prize) in Spanish.
World Erotic Poetry Anthology (1st edition) "Blessed be your body" in Spanish "Bendito sea tu cuerpo" "The Agony of Nirvana" In Spanish "La Agonía del Nirvana" “Sotto l’arbole di Natale "1001 Poems" in Spanish.

Bibliography[edit]

La pasión detrás de la ventana] (2007)
Travesuras del alma (2008)
Mi miedo sólo mío 2008, Dexeo Editores in Spanish, 2009 Libertà Edizione, ISBN 978-88-96728-15-4
Ecos de tristeza (2010) translated by Laura P. Burns

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External links[edit]

"MI VIAJERA GOLONDRINA"

Este poema fue escrito por mi padre Pedro M. Calzadilla en un momento en que la distancia cavaba hondo entre los dos. Hoy mi padre no está pero en mi corazón seguirá vivo, muy cerca de mí, durante todo el recorrido que, como poeta; me espera.

¡Te amo papá!

Eres como brisa suave y fresca en primavera
que pasa rauda y fugaz,
dejando en mí cuando te alejas,
un manto de quietud, silencio y soledad.

Eres como ave migratoria
que sólo viene a mí en el estío
a recibir el solsticio en mi verano
y a llenar de amor el pecho mío.

Jamás esperas el equinoccio del otoño,
te marcharás viajera golondrina.
Nunca verás marchitarse a mis flores,
ni morir uno a uno mis retoños,
ni a mi hojas secas ya caídas
que rodarán como errantes peregrinas.

Como siempre quedar solo es mi destino.
Son la nostalgia y la ansiedad mis compañeras.
Pido a Dios que te ilumine el camino
para que siempre vuelvas a mí en primavera.

Echoes

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