María de la Concepción Jesusa Basilisa Rodríguez-Espina y García-Tagle, short form Concha Espina (15 April 1869 or 1877 or 1 April 1879 or 15 April 1879 in
Santander
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– 19 May 1955 in
Madrid
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), was a Spanish writer.
She was nominated for a Nobel prize in literature twenty five times in twenty eight years.
Life
María de la Concepción Jesusa Basilisa Rodríguez-Espina y García-Tagle was born in
Santander
Santander may refer to:
Places
* Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain
* Santander Department, a department of Colombia
* Santander State, former state of Colombia
* Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
, the seventh of 10 children of Víctor Rodríguez-Espina y Olivares and Ascensión García-Tagle y de la Vega. On 12 January 1893 she married Ramón de la Serna y Cueto, and they moved to Valparaíso, Chile during some years. The marriage had 5 children:
Ramón,
Víctor, José,
Josefina (wife of
Regino Sainz de la Maza
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Biography
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) and Luis. The couple separated in 1909, and legally in 1934. In 1940 she went blind, but she continued to write. She died at 86, on 19 May 1955 in Madrid.
Her best known novel is called
That Luzmela Girl (''La niña de Luzmela'') and describes life in the Cantabrian village of
Mazcuerras, today also known as Luzmela after her. A Madrid metro station of line 9,
Concha Espina, is named after her. A major avenue in the same area is called Avenida de Concha Espina.
Works
*''La Eterna Visita''.
*''Mujeres del Quijote'', 1903.
*''Mis Flores'', 1904.
*''El Rabión'', 1907.
*''Trozos de Vida'', 1907
*'
That Luzmela Girl'' (''La niña de Luzmela''), 1909. Novela.
*''La Ronda de los Galanes'', 1910.
*''Despertar para Morir'', 1910.
*''Agua de Nieve'', 1911.
*''La Esfinge Maragata'', 1914.
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de la Real Academia Española.
*''La Rosa de los Vientos'', 1915. Novela.
*''Al Amor de las Estrellas'', 1916.
*''El Jayón'', 1916. Award Espinosa y Cortina de la Real Academia Española.
*''Don Quijote en Barcelona'', 1917. Conferency 19-12-1916.
*''Ruecas de Marfil'', 1917.
*''Simientes. Páginas iniciales'', 1918.
*''Naves en el Mar'', 1918.
*''Talín. Novela Inédita'', 1918.
*''Pastorelas'', 1920.
*''El Metal de los Muertos'', 1920.
*''Dulce Nombre'', 1921. Novela.
*''Cuentos'', 1922.
*''El Cáliz Rojo'', 1923.
*''Tierras del Aquilón'', 1924. Award Castillo de Chirel de la Real Academia Española.
*''Arboladuras'', 1925.
*''Cura de Amor'', 1925.
*''El Secreto de un Disfraz'', 1925.
*''Altar Mayor'', 1926. 1927.
*''Las Niñas Desaparecidas'', 1927.
*''Aurora de España'', 1927.
*''El Goce De Robar'', 1928.
*''La Virgen Prudente'', 1929.
*''El Príncipe del Cantar'', 1930.
*''Copa De Horizontes'', 1930.
*''Siete Rayos de Sol'', 1930.
*''Llama de Cera'', 1931.
*''Singladuras. Viaje Americano'', 1932.
*''Entre la Noche y el Mar'', 1933.
*''Candelabro'', 1933.
*''La Flor de Ayer'', 1934.
*''Vidas Rotas'', 1935.
*''Nadie Quiere a Nadie'', 1938.
*''Retaguardia. (Imágenes de vivos y muertos)'', 1937.
*''El Desierto Rubio'', 1938.
*''Reconquista'', 1938.
*''Esclavitud y Libertad, Diario de una Prisionera'', 1938.
*''Las Alas Invencibles. Novela de Amores, de Aviación y de Libertad'', 1938.
*''Casilda de Toledo. Vida de Santa Casilda'', 1938.
*''Luna Roja: Novelas de la Revolución'', 1939.
*''Princesas del Martirio'', 1940.
*''La Tiniebla Encendida'', 1940.
*''El Fraile Menor'', 1942.
*''Moneda Blanca. La Otra'', 1942.
*''La Segunda Miés'', 1943.
*''Victoria en América'', 1944.
*''Obras completas de Concha Espina'', 1944.
*''El Más Fuerte'', 1945.
*''Un Valle en el Mar'', 1949. II Award Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra de Periodismo
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*''De Antonio Machado a su Grande y Secreto Amor'', 1950. Letters.
*''Una Novela de Amor'', 1953.
*''Aurora de España'', 1955
References
Sources
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Profile of Concha Espina
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1869 births
1955 deaths
Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (National faction)
People from Santander, Spain
Writers from Cantabria
Women in the Spanish Civil War
Spanish blind people