Maria Cabrera Callís is a Catalan poet born in Girona in 1983. She teaches Catalan Linguistics in the University of Barcelona and works as proofreader for many publishing houses. As a poet, she has published three books: Jonàs (Jonah), which in 2004 received the Amadeu Oller Prize for young unpublished authors; La matinada clara (Bright Morning, 2010), and in 2017, La ciutat cansada (Tired City), for which she has just won the Carles Riba prize, considered the most prestigious Catalan poetry award.