Marta Portal
Marta Portal | |
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 Portal in 1970 | |
| Born | Marta Portal Nicolás 10 August 1930 Nava, Asturias, Spain |
| Died | 26 August 2016 (aged 86) Madrid, Spain |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, journalist |
| Notable work | A tientas y a ciegas |
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Marta Portal Nicolás (10 August 1930 – 26 August 2016) was a Spanish writer, critic, journalist, and professor associated with the Generation of '50.[1] She was a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.
Career
Portal held a degree in philosophy and literature and a PhD in Information Sciences, and taught Hispano-American literature at the Complutense University of Madrid.[2][3] In her work as a journalist she wrote news articles and literary criticism, as well as opinion columns in media such as ABC, El Alcázar, and Pueblo.[3]
As a novelist, she discussed issues of women's education and double standards.[4] In 1966 she was awarded the Premio Planeta for the novel A tientas y a ciegas.[5][6] Portal received other awards over the course of her career, such as the Premio Adelaida Ristori, Premio Hucha de Plata de cuentos, and Premio de las Letras de Asturias.[7] She was president of the Cultural Association of Hispano-Mexican Friendship. In 2001, the city council of her native town inaugurated the Casa de Cultura Marta Portal in her honor.[8]
Marta Portal died in Madrid on 26 August 2016.[6]
Works
Novels
- A tientas y a ciegas, Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1966 (Premio Planeta 1966)
- El malmuerto (1967)
- A ras de las sombras (1968)
- Ladridos a la luna (1970)
- El buen camino (1975)
- Un espacio erótico (1982)
- Pago de traición, Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1983
- El ángel caído (1994)
- Él y yo, nosotros tres (2002)
Essays
- El maíz: grano sagrado de América (1970)
- Proceso narrativo de la revolución mexicana (1977)
- Análisis semiológico de Pedro Páramo (1981)
- Rulfo: Dinámica de la violencia (1984)
Short stories
- La veintena (1973)
References
- ^ "Marta Portal". escritoras.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Nava: El fondo documental Marta Portal" [Nava: The Marta Portal Documentary Fund]. biblioasturias.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ a b Pérez, Janet; Ihrie, Maureen, eds. (2002). The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature: N-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 489–491. ISBN 9780313324451. Retrieved 22 October 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Fernández González, Pilar (2000). Villalba Alvarez, Marina (ed.). Los últimos veinticinco años de novela femenina en Asturias [The Last 25 Years of Women's Novels in Asturias] (in Spanish). University of Castilla-La Mancha. p. 387. ISBN 9788484270454. Retrieved 27 October 2017 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Ganador Premio Planeta 1966" [1966 Premio Planeta Winner] (in Spanish). Premio Planeta. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ a b Menéndez, Mariola (11 November 2016). "Fallece la escritora y catedrática naveta Marta Portal, premio 'Planeta' en 1966" [Writer and Professor Marta Portal Dies, 'Planeta' Award in 1966]. La Nueva España. Nava. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "El silencioso adiós de Marta Portal" [The Silent Goodbye of Marta Portal]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Instalaciones" [Installations] (in Spanish). Nava Town Council. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- 1930 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century Spanish novelists
- 21st-century Spanish novelists
- Writers from Asturias
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- People from Oviedo (Asturian comarca)
- Spanish journalists
- Spanish literary critics
- Spanish women literary critics
- Spanish women academics
- Spanish women essayists
- Spanish women journalists
- Spanish women novelists
- Spanish women short story writers
- Spanish short story writers
- 21st-century Spanish women writers
- 20th-century Spanish women writers
- Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid