Isabel Pérez Montalbán is a contemporary Spanish poet, author of fifteen collections of verse, and the recipient of multiple literary awards. Born in Córdoba in 1984, Pérez Montalbán was raised in extreme poverty and suffered a difficult childhood and adolescence. She is the founder of a subgenre of Spanish poetry known as “Poetry of Conscience” and has made it her mission to address universal themes like poverty, injustice, inequity, and exploitation.

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