Isabel Ros Lopez

Isabel del Rio is a British-Spanish writer and linguist. She was born in Madrid and has lived most of her life in London. She has a five-year degree from Madrid University and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of West London (UWL); she is also a Fellow of the Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI) and of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL).

She has extensive experience in several language-related fields: literary, documentary and technical translation; lexicography and terminology; creative writing and scriptwriting; journalism and broadcasting; authoring language-learning courses; language technologies; and tutoring, mentoring and lecturing in creative writing and translation. At the BBC World Service in Bush House, London, she was a full-time producer and presenter; and for over two decades she worked as a full-time translator and terminologist for a UN specialised agency based in London (IMO).

Isabel has published fiction and poetry in English and Spanish. Spanish is her language of nostalgia, memory and exile, whereas English is her language of freedom, action and dissent. Her book La duda was shortlisted for two literary awards in Spain. Her collection of short stories Zero Negative–Cero negativo was written in both English and Spanish as an indictment against bloodshed in its many forms: war, torture, capital punishment, slaughter, martyrdom. Other fiction works include Paradise & Hell and La autora del fin del mundo; her latest poetry books are Dolorem Ipsum and Cuaderno de notas. Her most recent literary translation is Equidistant Voices (2023), an anthology of Latin American poets living in the UK.

Isabel is also a performer and voice artist, and she regularly takes part in Performance Poetry and Spoken Word events.
Her website is: https://www.isabeldelrio.org/