Interviews

This journalist and writer —or storyteller as she defines herself— Carme Chaparro remembers walking around on Sant Jordi [Saint George’s Day] with a backpack full of books for her idols to sign. Today, she’s the one doing the signing.

Miguel Ángel Hernández’s literary career started just over a decade ago with a call from the mythical editor Jorge Herralde. Today, he strolls around the Madrid Book Fair with his fourth novel under his arm: ‘Anoxia’.

Since last December, a severe injury has kept Niko Shera off the tatami. Any other judoka hoping to win a medal at the Paris Games would be anxious, but he keeps calm and collected, and only thinks about winning gold.

Just a few days before the Tokyo Games, Irene Sánchez-Escribano felt her left foot crack. Tests confirmed the worse-case scenario: a broken second metatarsal bone. A severe blow. This summer, she’s working slow and steady towards Paris.

Changing the message from pessimism to hope. This is what Carlos Duarte, one of the most renowned oceanographers worldwide and winner of the MadBlue Five Oceans Award, asks regarding climate change.

Curiosity and courage are what helped Sebastián Yatra transcend music to try his luck in the world of film. And he did so in Spanish as his hallmark, making Ibero-America proud.