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Melcion Mateu is the author of four books of poetry and the translator into Catalan of authors such as John Ashbery, Siri Hustvedt, and Michael Ondaatje. The poems published in the Sampler belong to Illes lligades [Tied Islands], awarded with the Premi Jocs Florals de Barcelona 2014.
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