Marta Portal Nicolás (10 August 1930 – 26 August 2016) was a Spanish writer, critic, journalist, and professor associated with the

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. She was a recipient of the

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Career

Portal held a degree in philosophy and literature and a PhD in Information Sciences, and taught Hispano-American literature at the Complutense University of Madrid. In her work as a journalist she wrote news articles and literary criticism, as well as opinion columns in media such as '' ABC'', '' El Alcázar'', and '. As a novelist, she discussed issues of women's education and double standards. In 1966 she was awarded the

Premio Planeta The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is t ...

for the novel ''A tientas y a ciegas''. Portal received other awards over the course of her career, such as the Premio Adelaida Ristori, Premio Hucha de Plata de cuentos, and Premio de las Letras de Asturias. She was president of the Cultural Association of Hispano-Mexican Friendship. In 2001, the city council of her native town inaugurated the Casa de Cultura Marta Portal in her honor. Marta Portal died in Madrid on 26 August 2016.

Works

Novels

* ''A tientas y a ciegas'', Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1966 (

1966) * ''El malmuerto'' (1967) * ''A ras de las sombras'' (1968) * ''Ladridos a la luna'' (1970) * ''El buen camino'' (1975) * ''Un espacio erótico'' (1982) * ''Pago de traición'', Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1983 * ''El ángel caído'' (1994) * ''Él y yo, nosotros tres'' (2002)

Essays

* ''El maíz: grano sagrado de América'' (1970) * ''Proceso narrativo de la revolución mexicana'' (1977) * ''Análisis semiológico de Pedro Páramo'' (1981) * ''Rulfo: Dinámica de la violencia'' (1984)

Short stories

* ''La veintena'' (1973)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Portal, Marta 1930 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Spanish novelists 21st-century Spanish novelists Writers from Asturias Complutense University of Madrid alumni People from Oviedo (Asturian comarca) Spanish journalists Spanish literary critics Spanish women literary critics Spanish women academics Spanish women essayists Spanish women journalists Spanish women novelists Spanish women short story writers Spanish short story writers 21st-century Spanish women writers 20th-century Spanish women writers Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid