Blanca Andreu (born 1959

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) is a Spanish poet.

Life

She grew up in Orihuela, where her family still resides, and attended El Colegio de Jesus-Maria de San Agustin, followed by studies in

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

in Murcia. At age 20, she moved to

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without formally completing her education. Here, she met Francisco Umbral, who introduced her to the literati of the city. In 1980, she was awarded the

Premio Adonáis de Poesía The Premio Adonáis, or Adonais Prize for Poetry, is awarded annually in Spain by Ediciones RIALP to an unpublished Spanish language poem. Runners-up are also recognized. Named after the collection of the same name, the Adonais Prize was created i ...

for her work entitled, ''De una niña de provincias que se vino a vivir en un Chagall''. Her use of surrealism is considered the beginning of the Post-Modern Generation. Her later work have tried to shy away from the surrealist tendencies of her early pieces. In 1985 she married novelist

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. After he died in 1993, she moved to

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and then to

where she now lives an ordinary life.

Awards

* 1980: Premio Adonáis de Poesía * 1981: Premio de Cuentos Gabriel Miró * 1982: Premio Mundial de Poesía Mística, Fernando Rielo * 1982: Premio Ícaro de Literatura * 2001: Premio Internacional de Poesía Laureà Mela

Works

* ''De una niña de provincias que se vino a vivir en un Chagall'' (1980) * ''Báculo de Babel'' (1982) * ''Capitán Elphistone'' (1988) * ''El sueño oscuro'' (1994) * ''La tierra transparente'' (2002)

Critical studies

"Blanca Andreu: Recovering the Lost Language", Sylvia Sherno, ''Hispania'', Vol. 77, No. 3 (Sep., 1994), pp. 384-393 "Between Water and Fire: Blanca Andreu's Dream Landscapes", Sylvia Sherno, ''Revista Hispánica Moderna'', Año 47, No. 2 (Dec., 1994), pp. 533-542
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References

External links

Artist's websiteArtist's blog
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