Juan Manuel Gil, versatile literature in the search for distant shores

He began to write poetry by chance. Almerian Juan Manuel Gil, who was part of the first promotion of the Antonio Gala Foundation between 2002 and 2003, wrote his first book during his stay in this institution: ‘Guía inútil de un naufragio’ (‘Useless Guide of a Shipwreck’). What started as a novel became a poetry book that was awarded with the Young Poetry Prize of Andalusia in 2003. Juan Manuel claims that it was in the Antonio Gala Foundation where he learnt to raise his literary expectations, and met other writers with similar interests and experiences. He teaches Spanish language and Literature and collaborates with several media. He continues to be a writer and defines his literature as versatile, but always linked to a poetic essence.