Irene Gimeno Espasa

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Irene Gimeno Espasa is an aspiring journalist from Alicante in Spain. She graduated in Transalation and Interpreting of English, French and Italian in Spain in 2009. She has also started a Journalism course at Edinburgh Napier University, with an Honours degree pending for 2011/2012. She has written articles for Isango!, Edinburgh Napier News, Impulse Magazine and Sounds and Colours. She is currently the Online Editor of Impulse Magazine.

Posts by Irene Gimeno Espasa:

A Small Iridescent Sphere of Brilliance: Describing Jorge Luis Borges

By Irene Gimeno Espasa 21 June, 2011

Some characters present a special difficulty when it comes to portray them: their legacy, their power in the field they... Read Article

Guarani and the importance of maintaining cultural identity though language

By Irene Gimeno Espasa 14 March, 2011

The battle for the preservation of any language is a complex process which requires a large amount of understanding from... Read Article

Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevera and his final days in Bolivia

By Irene Gimeno Espasa 10 February, 2011

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna lost his life on the 9th of October 1967 at the hands of the Bolivian... Read Article

Spring with a Broken Corner – The Life of Mario Benedetti

By Irene Gimeno Espasa 23 December, 2010

I clearly remember the news last year when Mario Benedetti passed away. For my British colleagues this may not have... Read Article

Socialism is alive and kicking in South America

By Irene Gimeno Espasa 14 December, 2010

South America has one of the largest concentration of States in the world that would call themselves socialists. Although there... Read Article

I Confess That I Have Lived: The Life of Pablo Neruda, South America’s finest poet

By Irene Gimeno Espasa 01 October, 2010

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example: “The night is shattered, and the blue stars shiver in... Read Article