Enrique Solinas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 11, 1969. He holds an MA degree in Literature, Arts and Communication Sciences and a diploma as Bachelor of Arts. Since 1989 he collaborates with publications in argentina and abroad, and is a member of two scholar research groups; one deals with Argentine and Latin American literature (CONICET) and the other works on Literature and Mysticism (SIPLET-ALALITE).
Currently, his activities include translation, editor, storytelling, arts journalism, literary and visual arts criticism, and literary research.
About
He has published seven books of poems: Signos Oscuros (Dark Signs, 1995); El gruñido (The Growl, (1997); El Lugar del Principio (The spot for the Beginning, 1998); Jardín en movimiento (Garden in Motion, Bs. As. 2003 / Lima, Perú, 2015); Noche de San Juan (Night of San Juan, 2008); El gruñido y otros poemas (The growl and other Poems, 2011); Corazón Sagrado (Sacred Heart, Bs. As. 2014 /México 2015); Barcas sobre la zarza ardiente (Barges on the burning bush, 2016). He is a co-author of Invocations -four poets in the voice of myth (2012). In 2017, Lettres Reflet (France) pubishes the French version of the anthology The growl and other poems, which also appears in the USA in bilingual edition.
Many of his poems and stories have been included in national and international anthologies and compilations. He's been translated into English, Italian, French, Portuguese, Greek and Chinese.
Death and its conversation is a book of short stories published by Deldragón in 2007. He is now finishing his second book of short stories, Birds of Paradise.
He was officially invited as a poet to the 2nd International Poetry Festival of Buenos Aires International Book Fair (2007), the 1st International Festival of Poetry at Centro Cultural de la Cooperación of Buenos Aires (2009), the 9th International Festival of Poetry in Granada, Nicaragua (2013), the 4th Lima International Festival of Latin American Poetry Perú (2013), the Washington International Festival of Latin American Poetry "La Pluma y la Palabra" (2014), the IV International Festival Poetry "City of Rings" (2017) in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and XII International Festival Poetry of Buenos Aires (2017).
He has translated and versioned numerous authors into Spanish, including Sappho of Lesbos, Horace, Ovid, Sharon Olds, Lucille Clifton, Thomas Merton, Patrick Kavanagh, Roy Campbell, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, Walter de la Mare, R.S. Thomas, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Jane Kenyon, Crystal Williams, Henri Cole, Ruthven Todd, Li-young Lee, Alda Merini, Erri de Luca, Henri Meschonic, Zhao Lihong, Gu Cheng, etc.
He has been awarded several distinctions and prizes. Among others he obtained the Rotary Club Award Bieninum 1990/1991 (first prize), the Biennial 1992/1993 National Prize from the Ministry of Culture of Argentina for novel young writers , the 1993 award from Buenos Aires Municipal Library 1993, an Honour Diploma from the City of Buenos Aires Municipal Awards (devoted 1994/1995 poetry production), the National Grant from 'Antorchas Foundation' (1997 nation wide contest), National Award for Young Writers (2000) from the Natioanl Ministry of Culture, the "Ciudad de Arena" short history award (first prize 2004) from Ciudad de Arena Foundation together with the city of Buenos Aires Ministry of Cultura (first prize, 2007), and Honour Diploma at the "Dorian Literary 2007 competition (Perú) for the promotion of diversity and culture. In 2014, he earned the scholarship residence Shanghai Writing Program , awarded by Shanghai Writer's Association, China.