Escritas
About
Welcome to Escritas.org — Your Poetry Portal
Escritas.org is a space dedicated to Poetry — to its preservation, promotion and study. Every author, every poem and every poetic movement is presented with rigour and editorial curation, privileging historical and literary context, authenticity over quantity. Escritas.org is a living archive, built with respect for the written word and for those who wrote it.
A project with history: founded on 7 August 1996 under the name astormentas.com, it celebrates in 2026 thirty years of uninterrupted presence on the web — one of the longest continuously running projects dedicated to poetry. Read the full history →
Whether you are an avid reader, a literature student or simply someone in search of inspiration, you will find here a universe of poetry waiting for you.
A Vast Literary Library
Browse an extensive collection of authors, poems, books and quotes from the greatest figures in world literature — from Fernando Pessoa and José Saramago to Pablo Neruda, Albert Camus, Voltaire and Oscar Wilde.
Movements & Dictionary
Explore the great Literary Movements — from Romanticism to Surrealism — and consult our Literary Dictionary to understand what a sonnet, an eclogue or an elegy is, or to master metre and rhythm.
Literary Awards
Discover the history of the Nobel Prize in Literature — from Sully Prudhomme (1901) to Winston Churchill, Bob Dylan, Mario Vargas Llosa and José Saramago — alongside other prestigious awards such as the Camões Prize or the Jabuti.
A Living Community
In the Today section we celebrate literary anniversaries every day. Register, create your profile, share your publications, comment on other users' poems, build your network of followers and leave your mark in the guestbook.
Whether to read a soul-nourishing poem, study the history of literary prizes or share
your own verses with the world — you have found your place.
Explore, feel and write. Be part of Escritas.org!