TINIACOS, Natasha

Natasha Tiniacos
2014 Resident
  • Americas
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Venezuela
English
Spanish

Natasha TINIACOS (poet; Venezuela) is the author of the poetry collections Historia privada de un etcétera [Private Story of an Et Cetera] (2011/2015) and the award-winning Mujer a fuego lento [Woman at Low Heat] (2006). Her work appears in Venezuelan and Spanish journals and magazines; she translates poetry for the site The Verbatim Project and is the editor in chief of BACKROOMCaracas, a platform for contemporary Venezuelan art. Her participation is made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Website: 
http://natashatiniacos.com/
Photo credit: 
Florencia Alvarado
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