María Clara González De Urbina
Bogotá, Colombia
Studied
Literature at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá. Finalist of the
Eleventh International Poetry Competition, Buenos Aires 2012; Mention of Honor
on the category of Recognized Poets, in the Oxford National Center/Union of
Writers competition, 1997 in Bogotá. She has been invited to present her poetry
by: the Embassy of Colombia in Madrid, Spain, 1998; the Chair of Literature at
Macalester College, St. Paul Minnesota, USA 2003; Pilpinta Publisher, Lima,
Peru 2013; Latin poets Organization, New York, USA, 2013.
Congress
of Poetry: Eighth and Tenth International Poets Women Meeting in the “País de
las Nubes” in Mexico 2001 and 2003; Seventh International Poetry Festival of
Havana, Cuba 2004; Twelfth International Poets Meeting in Zamora, Mexico, 2008;
Second World Poets Meeting in Paris, 2008; Fifteenth International Poets
Meeting in Chañaral, Chile 2010; 34th World Congress of Poets, Lima-Trujillo,
Perú, 2014; The Woman Scream International Poetry & Art Festival,
Granada, Spain 2015; Twenty Third International Poets Meeting in Cereté,
Colombia 2016
Anthologies:
Bilingual Itinerant French-Spanish Exhibition: Ils Ont Choisi 30 Poetes /Poetry
of Two Continents, Colombia-France, 1990-93; Goddess in Bronze Anthology compiled by Teresa Rozo Moorhouse,
California, USA, 1995; Vasos Comunicantes French-Colombian Alliance, Bogotá
1996; Realm without Borders, Latin-American Poets, volume I and II, Bogota 1997 / 2003; The Word and the Wind,
Poets Women Anthologies Gathering País de la Nubes, Mexico D.F., 2001&
2003; Spanish-American Poet Women Trilogy, Mexico City, 2004; Anthology of the
XII International Poetry Conference, Zamora, Mexico, 2008; Conjuro Capital,
Poets from Bogotá, Bogotá, 2008; 50 Colombian Poets and One Anthology, Ibague,
2010; Bilingual Anthology French-Rumanian: Voix sans Frontières/Voci Fãrã
Hotare, Paris 2010; If Someone Comes, musical poetry (CD) The Americas Poetry
Festival, Los Verseros, New York-México, 2010; Mural and Virtual Anthology
Hispanic Association, Canada 2011; Anthology 34th World Congress of Poets,
Peru, 2014;Colombian Poetry of the XX Century Written by Women, Volume II,
Bogota 2014.
Published Books: Inner Pulse, Bogotá 1990; Break on Time, bilingual edition,
Washington-Bogotá 1993; ; Passengers of
the Wind, Bogotá 1996; The Gentle
Labour of Oblivion, Bogotá 2002; Second bilingual edition, Bogotá 2003; Visible Eternity, Bogotá 2008; Dwelling a Threshold, personal
anthology, Ibagué, 2013; It Was No Friday,
published by Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá 2014.