Ada Salas or AdaMc (born 1965) is a Spanish poet and author. She has worked as a teacher. Her poetry is known for its inclusion of pauses.

Life

Ada (Moreno) Salas was born in Cáceres, Spain in 1965. She earned a doctorate in philology at the

University of Extremadura University of Extremadura (in es, Universidad de Extremadura) is a Spanish public university in Extremadura (Badajoz and Cáceres). It was founded in 1973 by Decree 991/1973, May 10 ( BOE May 18) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Sp ...

. She taught in France at the University of Angers.

Juan Manuel Rozas Juan Manuel Rozas (1936 – January 14, 1986) was a Spanish writer. After her died the ''Juan Manuel Rozas Prize'' was set up in his memory and it was won by the Spanish poet Ada Salas in 1988. Works *The Count of Villamediana. Bibliography and co ...

was meant to have been her teacher, but he died in 1987. Salas entered the competition named in his memory and won the award in 1988

.Awards and recognition

1988 ''Arte y memoria del inocente'' Salas, Ada. Published by the Universidad de Extremadura II Premio "Juan Manuel Rozas" de Poesía. 1994 ''Variaciones en blanco'' . the Hiperión Prize. 2007 ''Esto no es el silencio'' won the 15th Ricardo Molina – Ciudad de Córdoba prize. 2011 ''El margen, el error, la tachadura. Notas acerca de la escritura poética (Diputación de Badajoz)'' Fernando Pérez Essay Prize 2011 ''El margen, el error, la tachadura. Notas acerca de la escritura poética (Diputación de Badajoz)'' won the Fernando Pérez Essay Prize

Works

* ''Arte y memoria del inocente'' (1988) * ''Variaciones en blanco'' (1994) * ''La sed'' (1997) * ''Lugar de la derrota'' (2003) * ''Noticia de la luz'' * ''Escuela de Arte de Mérida'' prose * ''Alguien aquí. Notas acerca de la escritura poética'' * ''Esto no es el silencio'' * ''A la Misericordia y Las tinieblas'' by Robert Desnos - she and Juan Abeleira translated * ''No duerme el animal'' (2009) (compilation) * ''Ashes to Ashes'' (2010) * ''Limbo y otros poemas'' * ''Diez mandamientos'' * ''Poesía española reciente,'' Cano Ballesta, Juan 1980-2000 * ''El margen, el error, la tachadura. Notas acerca de la escritura poética (Diputación de Badajoz)'' * Salas, with Juan Abeleira, translated ''A la Misteriosa y Las tinieblas'' by the French writer

Robert Desnos Robert Desnos (; 4 July 1900 – 8 June 1945) was a French poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement of his day. Biography Robert Desnos was born in Paris on 4 July 1900, the son of a licensed dealer in game and poultry at the '' H ...

*''La otra joven poesía española'' (Igitur, 2003) *''Poesía española reciente,''Cano Ballesta, Juan 1980-2000 *''Descendimiento'', Valencia, Pre-Textos, 2018

References

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