Miguel Pérez Alvarado
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Miguel Pérez Alvarado is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a Spanish poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Between 1997 and 2003, he studied journalism and political science in Madrid
Madrid
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at the Colegio Mayor Universitario Chaminade.
In 2000, he was awarded the Tomás Morales Poetry Prize for his book Teoría de la luz - amor mas vivo, establishing him as one of the promising young talents of Canarian poetry.