Alana Portero Explained

Alana S. Portero
Birth Date:1978
Birth Place:Madrid
Nationality:Spanish
Alma Mater:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Notable Works:Bad Habit (La mala costumbre)

Alana S. Portero (Madrid, 1978) is a Spanish writer, poet, playwright and stage director. She writes about culture, feminism and LGBT activism, with a special focus on trans women.[1]

Early years and career

Portero was born and grew up in a working class neighbourhood of Madrid.[2] [3] She completed her studies in History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM),[4] with a specialisation in Medieval History.

She cofounded STRIGA, a stage company where she used to be a playwright and an actress.[5] Nowadays she collaborates with several Spanish publishers,[6] such as the magazine Agente Provocador, ElDiario.es, El Salto, SModa and Vogue España,[7] as well as on her own Patreon page.

Portero wrote several collections of poems: La habitación de las ahogadas (2017);[8] La próxima tormenta (2014);[9] Irredento (2011);[10] Fantasmas (2010).[11] She also has written the stage play Música silenciosa (2008).[12] She has also collaborated in a number of collections of selected works such as La revuelta del pueblo cucaracha (2013), El descrédito (2013), Mundo Subterráneo (2015), Alcasseriana (2016), Vidas Trans (2019) or Asalto a Oz (2019).[13]

La mala costumbre (Bad Habit) is her first novel. Told in the voice of a girl trapped within the body of a boy, Bad Habit is a story of coming-of-age in working class Madrid.[14] The novel was successfully presented at 2023's Frankfurt's Book Fair. It will be translated into eleven languages[15] [16] such as English, French and German.[17]

Works

Awards

In 2023 she was given an award by the Spanish Ministry of Equality for giving visibility to trans women through all her work.[18]

References

  1. Web site: 2023-06-03 . Alana Portero: "La ficción es el terreno de la libertad y el punto de vista de creadores y creadoras debe ser sagrado" . 2023-06-03 . www.europapress.es.
  2. Web site: Fanjul . Sergio C. . 2023-05-16 . Alana S. Portero, el viaje iniciático de la heroína trans . 2023-06-03 . El País . es.
  3. Web site: 2023-04-25 . Alana S. Portero: "Si todos pudiéramos pasar tiempo con las travestis de la calle, te prometo que el mundo sería un lugar mucho mejor" . 2023-06-03 . Vogue España . es-ES.
  4. Web site: Alana S. Portero . 2023-06-03 . PlanetadeLibros . es-es.
  5. Web site: FTA . Euforia . 2020-02-17 . Alana Portero Ortigosa . 2023-06-03 . Euforia . es.
  6. Web site: 2023-05-26 . Alana S. Portero (escritora): "Siempre que una mujer es firme, se recurre a la burla" . 2023-06-03 . El Español . es.
  7. 2023-05-13 . Alana S. Portero: "Es muy fácil ser sobrio cuando todo está hecho a tu medida" . 2023-06-03 . Vanity Fair . es-ES.
  8. Book: Portero, Alana . La habitación de las ahogadas . Harpo Libros . 2017 . 978-8494539961.
  9. Book: Portero, Alana . La próxima tormenta . Origami . 2014 . 9788494209406.
  10. Book: Portero, Alana . Irredento . Endymion Ediciones . 2011 . 978-8477315186.
  11. Book: Portero, Alana . Fantasmas . Endymion Ediciones . 2010 . 978-8477314967.
  12. Book: Portero, Alana . Música silenciosa . 2008 . 978-8477314684.
  13. Web site: FTA . Euforia . 2020-02-17 . Alana Portero Ortigosa . 2023-06-03 . Euforia . es.
  14. Web site: Bad Habit ebook by Alana S. Portero . https://web.archive.org/web/20230906170944/https://www.kobo.com/es/es/ebook/bad-habit-9 . 2023-09-06 . 2023-09-06 . Rakuten Kobo . es-es.
  15. 2023-05-13 . Alana S. Portero: "Es muy fácil ser sobrio cuando todo está hecho a tu medida" . 2023-06-03 . Vanity Fair . es-ES.
  16. Web site: Fanjul . Sergio C. . 2023-05-16 . Alana S. Portero, el viaje iniciático de la heroína trans . 2023-06-03 . El País . es.
  17. Web site: Chico-Álvarez . Lucas Méndez . 2023-05-04 . Alana S. Portero: "Siempre he visto la masculinidad como algo indescifrable y lleno de rituales absurdos" . 2023-06-03 . El Independiente . es.
  18. Web site: 3º Reconocimientos Arcoíris a personas destacadas en la visibilización, apoyo y defensa de los derechos de las personas LGTBI . 2023-06-21 . www.igualdad.gob.es . es.

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