Born in Madrid in 1955, Julio Martínez Mesanza is among the most prominent of a generation of Spanish poets who came of age after the death of Franco. His work includes four editions of a single, expanding collection called Europa from 1983 to 1990; two other books of poetry, Las trincheras (The Trenches) in 1996 and Entre el muro y el foso (Between the Wall and the Ditch) in 2007; a volume of selected poems in 2007; and a chapbook, Las flechas y los dí­as (Arrows and Days), in 2014.

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“The Soldiers on the Bridge” in Tupelo Quarterly

Wikipedia (Spanish)