Elsa López

Amada Elsa López Rodríguez (born 17 January 1943) is an Equatoguinean-Spanish writer specializing in poetry.

Elsa López
Born
Amada Elsa López Rodríguez

(1943-01-17) 17 January 1943
Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea
NationalitySpanish
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
OccupationWriter
Awards
Websiteelsalopez.wordpress.com

Biography

Elsa López was born and lived in Fernando Poo (now Bioko), Equatorial Guinea[1] until 1947, the year she moved to the island of La Palma, Canary Islands.[2] In 1955 she moved to Madrid where she began Baccalaureate studies.[3]

In 1965 she obtained a licentiate in Philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid and, after a year as a professor of Spanish Literature in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1966 she became a professor at the liberal Colegio Estudio in Madrid, successor to the Institución Libre de Enseñanza.

In 1972 she started teaching at different institutes of secondary education, obtaining a doctorate in Philosophy and Literature in 1980, and in 1982 the Chair of Philosophy at the Instituto Isabel la Católica in Madrid, where she taught until 1993.

From 1987 to 1989 she chaired the Literature Section of the Ateneo de Madrid[3] and directed the Siddharth Mehta publishing house, creating her own publishing house in 1989, Ediciones La Palma.[4]

In 1993 López received the First José Pérez Vidal Research Prize[5] and moved to the Canary Islands on a commission to direct and coordinate the government projects El Papel de Canarias (1993) and Memoria de las islas (1994–2000). That same year she founded the Casa de Jorós ethnographic museum and popular art center in Santa Cruz de La Palma.[6]

From 2002 to 2006 she directed the Antonio Gala Foundation for Young Creators.[7][8] She was dismissed because of disagreements with Antonio Gala, although the writer had previously announced that she wanted to leave the position.[9]

She currently directs Ediciones La Palma and Promoción Cero.

Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, such as the City of Melilla International Poetry Award in 1987[1][10] and the First José Pérez Vidal Research Prize in 1993,[5] and has been included in several anthologies and translated into different languages.[6]

Awards

Works

Poetry
  • El viento y las adelfas (1973)[6]
  • Inevitable océano (1982)[6]
  • Penumbra (1985)[6]
  • Del amor imperfecto, 1987 City of Melilla International Poetry Award (1987)[1]
  • La Casa Cabrera (1989)
  • La fajana oscura, 1989 Rosa de Damasco International Poetry Award (1990)[6]
  • Cementerio de elefantes (1992)
  • Al final del agua (1993)
  • Tránsito (1995)
  • Magarzas (1997)
  • Mar de amores, 12th José Hierro National Poetry Award (2002)[3]
  • Ministerio del Aire, antología 1973-2003 (2003)
  • Quince poemas (de amor adolescente) (2003)
  • La pecera (2005)
  • A mar abierto, poesía 1973–2003 (2006)
  • Travesía, 13th Ricardo Molina City of Córdoba Poetry Award (2006)[11]
  • Viaje a la nada, Hiperión, Madrid, 2016, 65 pages[12]

Narrative

  • El corazón de los pájaros (2001)[2]
  • Las brujas de la isla del viento (2006)[13]
  • Una gasa delante de mis ojos (2011)

Anthropology

  • Estudio antropológico-social de una comunidad campesina en la zona de Garafía, al norte de la Isla de La Palma (1976)
  • El tablado de la Montañeta, estructura social y cultural de una comunidad campesina en la Isla de la Palma, doctoral thesis (1980)
  • Identidad rural y etnicidad insular (1981)
  • El serinoque, música y poesía en la Isla de La Palma (1982)
  • Expresiones simbólicas a través de un ejemplo de arquitectura popular (1983)
  • Símbolo y realidad en la canción de cuna (1984)
  • El viento como metáfora de la locura en las Islas Canarias (1986)
  • La simbología en la medicina popular canaria (1987)
  • España canta (1990)
  • Arquitectura y espacio canario, forma y color como signo en El Tablado (1990)
  • La sabiduría popular en la arquitectura (1994)

Biography

  • Diego Hidalgo, memoria de un tiempo difícil (1986)
  • José Pérez Vidal, biografía de un etnógrafo canario (1987)[6]

Theater

  • Morir sin campanas (1973)
  • De topo en topo (1974)
  • Canarias mágica (1987)
  • El recodo del sol (1988)
  • La Isla de La Palma (1992)[13]

References
  1. "Elsa López". El País (in Spanish). 8 November 1987. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. Díaz de Tuesta, M. José (19 January 2001). "Elsa López recuerda en 'El corazón de los pájaros' su infancia en la Guinea colonial" [Elsa López Recalls Her Childhood in Colonial Guinea in 'El corazón de los pájaros']. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. Bravo, Manuel (2 February 2006). "Elsa López y María del Mar Bonet, charla entre islas" [Elsa López and María del Mar Bonet, Talk Between Islands]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  4. Molina, Belén (30 May 2016). "Elsa López: 'Es el pueblo canario el que me da la Medalla de Oro'" [Elsa López: 'It is the Canarian People Who Give Me the Gold Medal']. Eldiario.es (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  5. Rodríguez Escudero, José G. (28 December 2007). "José Pérez Vidal. En el centenario de su nacimiento" [José Pérez Vidal: At the Centenary of His Birth]. BienMeSabe (in Spanish) (189). ISSN 1885-6039. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  6. Hernández Quintana, Blanca (2008). Diccionario de escritoras canarias del siglo XX [Dictionary of 20th Century Canarian Women Writers] (in Spanish). Ediciones IDEA. pp. 121–124. ISBN 9788483823750. Retrieved 17 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. Ruiz Mantilla, Jesús (23 December 2002). "La poesía y los amigos despiden a José Hierro" [Poetry and Friends Say Goodbye to José Hierro]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. Hernandez Marti, Maria (7 October 2002). "La Fundación Antonio Gala acoge e impulsa a 15 jóvenes artistas" [The Antonio Gala Foundation Welcomes and Promotes 15 Young Artists]. El País (in Spanish). Córdoba. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  9. Rodriguez, Antonio (26 May 2006). "Antonio Gala destituye a Elsa López como directora de su Fundación" [Antonio Gala Dismisses Elsa López as Director of His Foundation]. Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  10. Gutierrez, Avelino (18 October 1987). "Elsa López, premio de poesía Ciudad de Melilla" [Elsa López, City of Melilla Poetry Award]. El País (in Spanish). Melilla. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  11. Lara, P. (3 December 2005). "Elsa López gana el XIII Premio Ricardo Molina con 'La travesía'" [Elsa López Wins the 13th Ricardo Molina Award with 'La travesía']. Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  12. Aguado, Jesús (23 June 2016). "De la nada a la nada" [From Nothing to Nothing]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  13. "El Instituto Internacional acoge la presentación de Las brujas de la isla del viento, de Elsa López" [The International Institute Hosts the Presentation of Las brujas de la isla del viento, by Elsa López]. BienMeSabe (in Spanish) (140). 16 January 2007. ISSN 1885-6039. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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