Alba Flores Robla

Alba Flores Robla (born 28 December 1992) is a Spanish poet, recipient of the Adonáis Poetry Award in 2017 and the Critical Eye Award in 2018.

Biography Alba Flores Robla was born in Madrid in 1992. She moved to León with her family at age nine. She graduated from the University of León with a degree in English philology.

She gained notoriety by posting her poems on the blog Desequilibrios de medianoche (Midnight Imbalances), and her videopoems on several YouTube channels. In March 2017, she self-published the poetry collection Tu hueco supraesternal (Your Suprasternal Hollow), and that June she published Autorregalo (Self-Gift). A year later, after winning the Adonáis Award, she published Digan adiós a la muchacha (Say Goodbye to the Girl). In 2021, she published her fourth poetry collection, AZCA, with Ediciones Venera.

In October 2016, she co-founded #Plataforma, a project to promote the work of young authors from León. and the scenic project Poesía o barbarie. The latter was organized by the Masquepalabras collective at the Cuartel del Conde-Duque in Madrid in May 2019, and also featured , María Nieto, and Rosana Acquaroni.

In 2019, her poems were included in Piel fina. Poesía joven española (Thin Skin: Young Spanish Poetry), a sampling of 35 poets born between 1990 and 2001, compiled by , Juan Domingo Aguilar, and Mario Vega. The 2020 Antología de las mejores poesías de amor en lengua castellana (Anthology of the Best Love Poems in the Spanish Language), edited by , includes her "El amor es sencillo a veces" (Love is Simple Sometimes).

, in addition to writing poetry, Flores works as a secondary education teacher.

Works Books Tu hueco supraesternal, Amazon CreateSpace, 2017. Reprinted by Eolas, 2024. Autorregalo, Ediciones en Huida, 2017. Digan adiós a la muchacha, Ediciones Rialp, 2018. AZCA, Colectivo Laika/Mr. Griffin, 2021.

In anthologies Piel fina. Poesía joven española (eds. Juan Domingo Aguilar, Rosa Berbel, Mario Vega), Ediciones Maremágnum, Oviedo, 2019. Antología de las mejores poesías de amor en lengua castellana (ed. Luis María Ansón), La Esfera de los Libros, Madrid, 2020. Millennials: nueve poetas (ed. Gonzalo Torné), Alba Editorial, Madrid, 2021.