Featured Interview With Rafemago
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 17, 1977. I hold a degree in audiovisual communication from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, and two master’s degrees in communication management in Venezuela and Barcelona, Spain. I’ve spent the last 18 years developing my professional career as a marketing and communications leader in multinational companies. I am a polyglot and I speak fluent Spanish, English, Catalan and French (the latter in the learning phase). I’m a descendant of Spanish immigrants, and in 2010 I decided to go to meet his roots and moved to Barcelona, and in 2020 I moved to Madrid, where I have lived ever since with my wife and three cats. In 2023 I won the audience award of the international poetry festival La Estación del Arte for his poem “Horizonte”, in an event held in Milan, Italy, and I published my poetry book Sondetí the same year. I am a poet by vocation, as well as a short story writer, musician composer, animalist, tireless traveler, dream maker, photographer and actor.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I remember reading since I was a child. My mom used to take my sister and I to the public library in Caracas every Saturday morning, when I could choose a book to read back home. I wrote some short stories when I was a teenager, and I started writing poetry by the age of 17.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are J.R.R. Tolkien and Michael Ende. I love fantasy books and poetry. Music is a great source of inspiration for me when I write.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My first -and so far latest- book is a poetry book entitled Sondetí. Every love story has three parts: the magic of the encounter, the pain of losing it, and the hope of regaining it. Sondetí is the story of universal love that testifies that one can only become truly free through love. It was inspired in a true love story I lived when I was a teenager.