Martinez de las Rivas studied Archaeology and History at
Durham University. Originally from
Somerset, he now lives in
Córdoba, Spain. He was the Duke University Blackburn Artist in Residence for the 2023-24 academic year. De las Rivas' poetry garnered attention in 2018 following a controversial accusation by one author that de Las Rivas held fascist viewpoints, sparking a defense of de las Rivas by poet commentators, including that de las Rivas' work had been taken out of context. ==Selected awards==