Florina Alías (
Colloto, 1921 -
Gijón
Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality by population in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coa ...
,
Asturias
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It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
, 1999) was a Spanish author, a member of the
Xeneración de la posguerra.
Biography
A bilingual writer in Spanish and Asturian, she began publishing in the 1950s in regional newspapers. She married the writer, Luis Aurelio Álvarez. Together, they wrote and published, ''Xente de casa: Cien asturianos de hoy'' (1974). In her texts, Alías presents an idealized but alive Asturias, narrating in a clear, clean and natural language. She won many prizes in
and
Spanish language
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including the "I Andecha de los Amigos del Bable", the "II Concursu de Cuentos del Centru Asturianu de Madrid" (1980) with the story, ''Señaldaes del Sueve'', as well as the first prize on seafaring poetry convened by the Spanish Naval League.
[Antón García, “Florina Alías”, en Lliteratura asturiana nel tiempu, Uviéu, Conseyería d’Educación, Cultura, Deportes y Xuventú, 1994]
Works
* "Xente de casa : Cien asturianos de hoy" / Luis Aurelio Alvarez y Florina Alías; prólogo, Emilio Alarcos Llorach; epílogo, Francisco Aguilar y Paz. . — Oviedo :
.n. 1974 (Ensidesa).
* "Señaldaes del Sueve" / de Florina Alias Rodríguez.... –
.l.: ALSA, D.L. 1980. – 41 p.; 17 cm
* A la sombra del carbayón: (Guía poética de Oviedo) / Florina Alías; dibujos de Gaspar Meana]. — Gijón : Libros de la Luna Llena, 1995.
* "Gijón y el mar en el recuerdo" / Florina Alías; prólogo de Francisco Carantoña; epílogo de Pedro de Silva Cienfuegos-Jovellanos. — Gijón :
'autora 1997.
* Antón García, “Florina Alías”, en Lliteratura asturiana nel tiempu, Uviéu, Conseyería d’Educación, Cultura, Deportes y Xuventú, 1994,
References
External links
Página de Araz.net sobre Florina Alías(in Asturian)
1921 births
1999 deaths
Writers from Asturias
Asturian-language writers
People from Siero
People from Oviedo
20th-century Spanish writers
20th-century Spanish women writers
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