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Elena Quiroga

Biography

Elena Quiroga was born in Santander in 1921. She grew up on her father’s estate in Barco de Valdeorras, Ourense, which brought her greater attachment to the Galician region, something which can be seen in her novels. After publication of her first novel, she then moved to Madrid, where her second novel was published to considerable acclaim and won the Premio Nadal. She continued to publish a series of well received novels. In 1983, she became only the second woman to be elected to the Real Academia. She died in 1995.

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Bibliography

1949 La soledad sonora
1950 Viento del norte
1952 La sangre
1953 Trayecto uno
1953 La otra ciudad
1954 Algo pasa en la calle
1955 La careta
1955 La enferma
1956 Plácida, la joven y otras narraciones
1958 La última corrida
1960 Tristura (published in Mexico as : Secretos de la infancia: la novela de una niña)
1961 Carta a Cadaqués
1963 Envío a Faramello
1965 Escribo tu nombre
1973 Presente profundo [Profound Present]
1983 Grandes soledades
1984 Presencia y ausencia de Álvaro Cunqueiro