Biography

Luis Muñoz was born in Granada in 1966 and earned his PhD in Spanish Literature at the University of Granada. In his hometown he directed the university’s Aula de Literatura (1992–2000) and, from its founding until its closure (1992–2002), the poetry journal Hélice. Between 2001 and 2012 he worked in Madrid as an advisor to the Residencia de Estudiantes.

In 1994 he edited the collective volume El lugar de la poesía, and he has translated, among other authors, Giuseppe Ungaretti (El cuaderno del viejo, Pre-Textos, 2000). In 2008 he curated the exhibition Gallo. Interior de una revista, on the magazine directed in 1928 by Federico García Lorca.

His poetry up to 2005 is collected in Limpiar pescado. Poesía reunida 1991–2005. He has published the poetry books Septiembre, Manzanas amarillas, El apetito, Correspondencias, Querido silencio, Vecindad, Guadarrama—in dialogue with gouaches by Montse Lago—and Un momento. In 2026 Washington Square Press (Simon & Schuster) published One Moment, translated by Idra Novey and Garth Greenwell, in the United States. His awards include the Ciudad de Córdoba, Generación del 27 and Ojo Crítico prizes.

Since 2012 he has taught at the University of Iowa, where he directs the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing. He divides his time between Iowa City and Madrid.