the mothers of the plaza de mayo have stopped marching
the enemy is no longer in power
the page is turned
we can leave the canons behind
exchange other looks without gunpowder in our eyes
but who remembers what it was like before?
How do we embrace without the explosion?
How do we kiss without sirens?
Where do we go without having to hide?
How will I love you now that I am not dying?
Candelaria Romero was born in 1973 in Argentina (San Miguel de Tucuman), of parents who were writers. In 1976 the family was forced to escape from her native land because of the dictatorship that had been installed there, and in 1979 they found political exile in Sweden. At the age of seven Candelaria published her first poem and joined the T.E.A. / Artists’ Workshop, (Taller de Esperimentaciòn Artìstica), where she took writing courses and at the same time began to study theatre. In 1991 she graduated from the Grammar School of Dramatic Arts in Stockholm. Since 1992 she has lived in Bergamo, Italy, where she works in the theatre and writes. She collaborates with the Italian branch of Amnesty International, performing all over Italy the plays she has written and directed: ‘Hijos’, on the problem of refugees, and ‘Bambole’, on violence against women. She acts for the Teatro Stabile di Abruzzo and under the direction of Claudio Di Scanno - Dramma Teatro (Popoli) . She is co-founder of the online literary magazine "El Ghibli" – the Literature of Migration” : www.el-ghibli.provincia.bologna.it. She has published the book and CD ‘Raccontando...Cantando a mezz'aria, canti e racconti da tutto il mondo dedicati ai bambini’ with CTM (Cooperazione Terzo Mondo [Cooperation with the Third World]) and the ‘Cooperativa Amandla- Bottega del Commercio equo e Solidale’ (Amandla Cooperative – Fair Trade Shop) in Bergamo.