Education
She studied Philology in Barcelona and in Pamplona, where she completed her bachelor"s degree, and she received the Maître des lettres from the University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne in comparative literature.
She studied Philology in Barcelona and in Pamplona, where she completed her bachelor"s degree, and she received the Maître des lettres from the University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne in comparative literature.
She is regarded as one of the great love poets of contemporary Spanish literature, a designation given her by one of twentieth century Spain"s most respected women writers, Rosa Chacel. Janés"s works often employ mystical language and interior explorations in an effort to find union with the "other."
Janés employs multiple genres (poetry, narrative, essay, anthology, translation, photography and music), and her work includes diverse cultural and linguistic facets. She has translated Turkish, Czechoslovakian, English, Chinese, Persian, Arabic and French authors, and she has explored ancient religious traditions from many cultures.
Her work includes translations of the Czechoslovakian poets Vladimír Holan and Jaroslav Seifert.
She has also translated works by Marguerite Duras, Nathalie Sarraute, Katherine Mansfield, William Golding, Ahmad Shamlou, Forough Farrokhzad and Mohsen Emadi. When she translates works from Turkish, Persian, Chinese and Arabic, she is generally assisted by speakers of these languages, which lends her poetic and translation activity a collaborative aspect that corresponds with her interest in connecting with "others".
In 1997 she received the Premio Nacional a la obra de un traductor for her translations of Eastern and Central European writers.
