{{Proofreader needed|Eleonora Requena|es|date=August 2022}} {{short description|Venezuelan poet}} {{Infobox person | name = Eleonora Requena | birth_date = 1968 | birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela | alma_mater = Universidad Católica Andrés Bello | occupation = Poet }}

'''Eleonora Requena''' (born 1968) is a Venezuelan poet.

== Education and career == Requena studied literature at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas.<ref name="Letralia" />

She has published the poetry collections ''Sed'' (Eclepsidra, 1998), ''mandados'' (La Liebre Libre, 2000), ''Es de día'' (El Pez Soluble, 2004), ''La Noche y sus agüeros'' (El Pez Soluble, 2007), ''Ética del aire'' (bid & co. editor, 2008), ''Nido de tordo'' (Kalathos, 2015), and ''Textos por fuera'' (El Taller Blanco, 2020).<ref name="Letralia">{{Cite web|title=Eleonora Requena|url=https://letralia.com/firmas/requenaeleonora.htm|access-date=20 June 2021|website=Letralia}}</ref>

Requena also participated in the literary workshops of the Rómulo Gallegos Center for the Latin American Studies (Celarg), where she published her collection ''Voces Nuevas'' (1995-1997). Requena's work has been published in several critical studies and anthologies both in Venezuela and abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eleonora Requena (Venezuela, 1968)|url=https://www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org/es/Revista/ultimas_ediciones/62_63/requena.html|access-date=20 June 2021|website=Festival de Poesía de Medellín}}</ref>

== Awards == With her poem ''mandados'', Requena won the award at the Fifth José Rafael Pocaterra Latin American Poetry Biennial in 2000. She later received the 2007 Italy Poetry Award for ''La Noche y sus agüeros'' in the «Mediterranean and Caribbean» competition, organized by the Italian Institute of Culture of Venezuela and the University of Bologna 's Center for Contemporary Poetry.<ref name="Letralia">{{Cite web|title=Eleonora Requena|url=https://letralia.com/firmas/requenaeleonora.htm|access-date=20 June 2021|website=Letralia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Eleonora Requena|agency=Círculo de Poesía|url=https://circulodepoesia.com/2013/04/poesia-venezolana-eleonora-requena/|access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref>

== Works ==

* ''Sed'' (Eclepsidra, 1998) * ''mandados'' (La Liebre Libre, 2000) * ''Es de día'' (El Pez Soluble, 2004) * ''La Noche y sus agüeros'' (El Pez Soluble, 2007) * ''Ética del aire'' (bid & co. editor, 2008) * ''Nido de tordo'' (Kalathos, 2015) * ''Textos por fuera'' (El taller blanco, 2020)

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