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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez-Espina and the second or maternal family name is García-Tagle.
Concha Espina
Concha Espina (1929)
Born
María de la Concepción Jesusa Basilisa Rodríguez-Espina y García-Tagle

15 April 1869 or 1877 or 1 April 1879 or 15 April 1879
Santander, Spain
Died19 May 1955
Madrid, Spain
Occupationwriter

María de la Concepción Jesusa Basilisa Rodríguez-Espina y García-Tagle, short form Concha Espina (15 April 1869[1] or 1877[2] or 1 April 1879[3] or 15 April 1879[4] in Santander – 19 May 1955 in Madrid), was a Spanish writer. She was nominated for a Nobel prize in literature twenty five times in twenty eight years period.[5]

Life

María de la Concepción Jesusa Basilisa Rodríguez-Espina y García-Tagle was born in Santander, the seventh of 10 childrens of Víctor Rodríguez-Espina y Olivares and Ascensión García-Tagle y de la Vega. On 12 de january de 1893 she married Ramón de la Serna y Cueto, and they moved to Valparaíso, Chile during some years. The marriage had 5 childen: Ramón, Víctor, José, Josefina (wife of Regino Sainz de la Maza) and Luis. The marriage separed in 1909, and legaly in 1934. In 1940 she went blind, but she continued to write. She died at 8, on 19 May 1955 in Madrid.

Her best known novel is called That Luzmela Girl (La niña de Luzmela) and describes life in the Cantabrian village of Mazcuerras, today also know as Luzmela after her. A Madrid metro station of line 9, Concha Espina, is named after her. A major avenue in the same area is called Avenida de Concha Espina.

Works

  • La Eterna Visita.
  • Mujeres del Quijote, 1903.[6]
  • Mis Flores, 1904.
  • El Rabión, 1907.
  • Trozos de Vida, 1907
  • 'That Luzmela Girl (La niña de Luzlema), 1909. Novela.[7][8]
  • La Ronda de los Galanes, 1910.
  • Despertar para Morir, 1910.
  • Agua de Nieve, 1911.
  • La Esfinge Maragata, 1914. Fastenrath Award de la Real Academia Española.[9]
  • La Rosa de los Vientos, 1915. Novela.
  • Al Amor de las Estrellas, 1916.
  • El Jayón, 1916. Award Espinosa y Cortina de la Real Academia Española.
  • Don Quijote en Barcelona, 1917. Conferency 19-12-1916.
  • Ruecas de Marfil, 1917.
  • Simientes. Páginas iniciales, 1918.
  • Naves en el Mar, 1918.
  • Talín. Novela Inédita, 1918.
  • Pastorelas, 1920.
  • El Metal de los Muertos, 1920.
  • Dulce Nombre, 1921. Novela.[10]
  • Cuentos, 1922.
  • El Cáliz Rojo, 1923.
  • Tierras del Aquilón, 1924. Award Castillo de Chirel de la Real Academia Española.
  • Arboladuras, 1925.
  • Cura de Amor, 1925.
  • El Secreto de un Disfraz, 1925.
  • Altar Mayor, 1926. Premio Nacional de Literatura de España [es] 1927.[11]
  • Las Niñas Desaparecidas, 1927.
  • Aurora de España, 1927.
  • El Goce De Robar, 1928.
  • La Virgen Prudente, 1929.
  • El Príncipe del Cantar, 1930.
  • Copa De Horizontes, 1930.
  • Siete Rayos de Sol, 1930.
  • Llama de Cera, 1931.
  • Singladuras. Viaje Americano, 1932.
  • Entre la Noche y el Mar, 1933.
  • Candelabro, 1933.
  • La Flor de Ayer, 1934.
  • Vidas Rotas, 1935.[12]
  • Nadie Quiere a Nadie, 1938.
  • Retaguardia. (Imágenes de vivos y muertos), 1937.
  • El Desierto Rubio, 1938.
  • Reconquista, 1938.
  • Esclavitud y Libertad, Diario de una Prisionera, 1938.
  • Las Alas Invencibles. Novela de Amores, de Aviación y de Libertad, 1938.
  • Casilda de Toledo. Vida de Santa Casilda, 1938.
  • Luna Roja: Novelas de la Revolución, 1939.
  • Princesas del Martirio, 1940.
  • La Tiniebla Encendida, 1940.
  • El Fraile Menor, 1942.
  • Moneda Blanca. La Otra, 1942.
  • La Segunda Miés, 1943.
  • Victoria en América, 1944.
  • Obras completas de Concha Espina, 1944.
  • El Más Fuerte, 1945.
  • Un Valle en el Mar, 1949. II Award Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra de Periodismo Ministry of Information and Tourism.
  • De Antonio Machado a su Grande y Secreto Amor, 1950. Letters.
  • Una Novela de Amor, 1953.
  • Aurora de España, 1955

References

  1. ^ De la Serna, Alfonso (2005). Mujeres del Quijote, seguido de "Don Quijote en Barcelona" (in Spanish). Trifaldi. p. 5. ISBN 9788493440107.
  2. ^ Davies, Catherine (2000). Spanish Women's Writing 1849-1996 (PDF). A&C Black. p. 109. ISBN 9781847142122.
  3. ^ "Concha Espina (1879-1955)". Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  4. ^ "Concha Espina" (in Spanish). Nueva Acropolis.
  5. ^ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  6. ^ "See Study". Archived from the original on September 24, 2005. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "La niña de Luzmela". Retrieved September 6, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  8. ^ "La Niña de Luzmela by Concha Espina - Free eBook". manybooks.net. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  9. ^ "La esfinge maragata". Retrieved September 6, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  10. ^ "Dulce nombre". Retrieved September 6, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  11. ^ "Altar mayor". Retrieved September 6, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  12. ^ "Broken Lives". Retrieved September 6, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.

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