Chantal Maillard

Chantal Maillard (born 1951) is a contemporary Spanish poet and philosopher. With a long repertoire behind her, she has received various literary prizes for her poetry. She was awarded the Spanish National Poetry Prize in 2004 for Matar a Platón and the National Critic’s Prize for Spanish Poetry in 2007, for Hilos. Her prose is particularly notable for merging and transgressing literary genres.

After receiving her doctorate in Philosophy, she spent long periods traveling and living in India, specializing in Philosophy and Religions from India at the Banaras Hindu University. Until 2000, she was a professor of Aesthetics and Art Theory at the University of Málaga. She has written articles on philosophy, aesthetics and Eastern Thought for several publications such as ABC and El País.

Maillard has also worked on stage and adapted her works to various interdisciplinary projects, in collaboration with visual and stage artists, musicians, and filmmakers from Spain and around the world.

Her latest published books are: La compasión difícil (Galaxia Gutenberg), ¿Es posible un mundo sin violencia (Vaso roto), Cual menguando (Tusquets), La razón estética (Galaxia Gutenberg), La mujer de pie (Galaxia Gutenberg), La herida en la lengua (Tusquets), India (Pre-textos), and La baba del caracol (Editorial Vaso Roto).