Luisa Castro
Luisa Castro (born 1966, in Foz, Lugo) is a Spanish writer and journalist who has published in Galician and Spanish. She has lived in Barcelona, New York City, Madrid and Santiago de Compostela. She is currently Director of the Instituto Cervantes in Bordeaux, France. Her first collection of poems, "Odisea definitiva: Libro póstumo" ("Definitive Odyssey: :Posthumous Book") was published in 1984. Her next book, "Baleas e baleas" (1988), was her first work in the Galician language. Her first novel was "El somier" ("Bed Base") (1999).