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Francisca Rubio Gámez
Francisca Rubio Gámez (born 18 October 1949), better known by the pseudonym Fanny Rubio, is a Spanish professor, researcher, and writer, an expert in contemporary Spanish poetry. Biography Born in Linares on 18 October 1949, Fanny Rubio began her university studies in Granada, then graduated in Hispanic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1971. She earned a PhD in Romance Philology from the University of Granada in December 1975, with a doctoral thesis about poetry magazines in Francoist Spain. Linked to the University of Granada since 1971 as a research fellow, she went to Fez, Morocco with her husband, Bernabé López García, a specialist in Arab History and Culture, in 1974. Rubio taught two courses at the University of Al Quaraouiyine. In the 1976–77 academic year she was an adjunct professor hired by the National University of Distance Education (UNED) of Madrid. Since 1977 she has been a Complutense professor, first as an adjunct, then as a titular prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linares, Jaén
Linares () is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the Jaén (Spanish province), province of Jaén, Andalusia. It is the second-largest city in that province, with a population of 55,261 in the most recent census (2024). The altitude is and the total area of the municipality is . Overview Location Located in the west-central section of the province, the city of Linares is the second-largest city in the province after the capital, Jaén, Spain, Jaén. It is also the commercial capital of Sierra Morena, as well as the referential city in the surrounding areas. Geography The city territory is oriented in a northeast-southwest direction, with the altitude decreasing between the higher northern area of Sierra Morena; Paño Pico, at an elevation of 552 m is the highest area of the municipal territory; and the lowest area, the Guadalimar Valley in the southwestern section, has an altitude of 318 m. Geology Linares is located in the area where two of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisa Serna
Elisa Serna (7 March 1943 – 4 September 2018) was a Spanish singer-songwriter, member of the avant-garde of protest song in Spain in the 1970s. Biography She began her artistic career integrating herself in the group Canción del pueblo, in her native Madrid, along with singer-songwriters like Hilario Camacho. In 1970, through her friendship with "Las madres del cordero", she joined the independent theater group Tábano', during the performances of Castañuela 70 at the Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid. That same year she settled in Paris, receiving influences of folk music from areas as disparate as the Maghreb, Turkey or India. Her first LP, ''Quejido'', was released in 1972, with a production by Paco Ibáñez, who had known her when she heard her sing in the Parisian café ''La Contrescarpe''. Back in Spain, in 1973, she was arrested for subversion and upon her release from prison she was banned from offering concerts and recitals. Her first album could not be published in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forced Disappearance
An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person with the support or acquiescence of a State (polity), state followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate or whereabouts with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law. Often, forced disappearance implies murder whereby a victim is kidnapping, abducted, may be illegally prison, detained, and is often tortured during interrogation, ultimately killed, and the body disposed of secretly. The party committing the murder has plausible deniability as there is no evidence of the victim's death. Enforced disappearance was first recognized as a human rights issue in the 1970s as a result of Detenidos Desaparecidos, its use by military dictatorships in Latin America during the Dirty War. However, it has occurred all over the world. According to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which came into force on 1 July 2002, when committed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Janés
Clara Janés Nadal, born in Barcelona (6 November 1940), is a Spanish writer of several literary genres. She is recognised as a poet and is distinguished as a translator of different central European and eastern languages. Since 2015, she has occupied a seat in the Real Academia Española becoming the tenth woman elected as a member of the RAE. Biography Clara Janés was born in Barcelona on 6 November 1940, the daughter of Ester Nadal and the famous editor and poet Josep Janés (l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 1913 – Monós, Alto Penedés, 1959). She was brought up in Pedralbes, on the outskirts of Barcelona. Her love for literature, especially poetry, started at an early age after reading several verses of Saint Teresa of Jesus. In 1957, she began her degree in philosophy at the University of Barcelona, where Professor Jose Manuel Blecua taught her the literature of San Juan de la Cruz and Francisco de Quevedo, among other traditional literature poets. This has been the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángeles Caso
María de los Ángeles Caso Machicado (born 16 July 1959 in Gijón) is a Spanish journalist, translator and writer. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela. Her father, José Miguel Caso González, was a professor and vice-chancellor at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Oviedo. She studied History and Geography, but she worked later as a journalist in ''Panorama regional''. She also worked for thPrince of Asturias Foundationor thInstitute Feijoo of 18th century studiesat the University of Oviedo and in different media like Televisión Española, Cadena SER and Radio Nacional de España. Prizes *Finalist Premio Planeta, ''El peso de las sombras'', 1994 * Premio Fernando Lara, ''Un largo silencio'', 2000 *Premio Planeta, ''Contra el viento'', 2009 Filmography * ''Telediario'', TVE (1985–1986) * '' La Tarde'', TVE (1985–1986) *''Deseo'' (by Gerardo Vera, script) (2002) Works *''Asturias desde la noche''. 1988. Guía. *''Elisabeth, emperatriz de Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulce Chacón
Dulce Chacón (3 June 1954 – 3 December 2003) was a Spanish poet, novelist and playwright. Biography Born into a traditional family in the Extremadura region of Spain, her family moved to Madrid upon her father's death, when she was 12 years old. In spite of growing up in a conservative family, Dulce Chacón soon became a leftist, due to the victims caused by the Spanish dictatorship. Her motto towards this issue was “neither bitterness nor oblivion”. Chacón started writing at an early age even though she did not publish until 1992 when her first book of poetry, ''Querrán ponerle nombre'', appeared. Two more books of poetry then followed: ''Las palabras de la piedra'' and ''Contra el desprestigio de la altura'', in 1993 and 1995 respectively. The latter won her the Ciudad de Irún Prize. In 1996 she published her first novel, ''Algún amor que no mate'', which is about a woman abused by her husband. José Saramago described it as “harsh but necessary”. Consequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Sánchez
Cristina Sánchez de Pablos (born 20 February 1972) is a Spanish bullfighter who gained prominence during the 1990s for being one of the first female bullfighters. She is the first woman to complete her ''alternativa'' in Europe. Career Cristina Sánchez de Pablos was born on 20 February 1972 in Madrid, Spain. She was a professional bullfighter at bullrings in Ecuador and Mexico and undertook many presentations and demonstrations in Spain. She debuted as a bullfighter in Madrid on 13 February 1993. She took her '' alternativa'' at Nîmes on 25 May 1996. Standing as her "godfather" was Curro Romero, while José Mari Manzanares stood as witness. Sánchez retired in 1999 and married the Portuguese '' banderillero'' Alexandre da Silva in 2000. Sánchez was considered by some to be a representative of the feminist movement of the 1990s, as bullfighting is typically a male-dominated activity. She was also the subject of the Univision TV news program ''Primer Impacto'', where Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Alborch
Carmen Alborch Bataller (31 October 1947 – 24 October 2018) was a Spanish politician, writer, and minister of culture. Biography and career Alborch gained a doctorate in law with particular specialty in mercantile law. She directed the Valencia Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) between 1988 and 1993. She became politically active with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1992 and served as Minister of Culture from 1993 to 1996 in the last government of Felipe González. She was the recipient of the Gran Cruz de Carlos III and the Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil, and the Progressive Women's Award. In 1996, Alborch was elected to the Congress of Deputies, representing Valencia. She chaired the Committee of Control of RTVE (the state radio and TV corporation) from 1996 until January 2000, and the Commission on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities from May 2004 to January 2008 in the Congress. She authored books including ''Solas'' (''Women Alone'') and ''Malas'' (''Bad Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Landero
Luis Landero (born 1948) is a Spanish writer. He was born in Alburquerque, Badajoz and made his literary debut through the 1989 novel ''Juegos de la edad tardía'' (winner of the Prix Mediterranee). Subsequent novels include ''Caballeros de fortuna'' (1994), ''El mágico aprendiz'' (1998), ''El guitarrista'' (2002), ''Hoy, Júpiter'' (2007), ''Retrato de un hombre inmaduro'' (2010), ''Absolución'' (2012, chosen by ''El País'' as best novel of the year), ''El balcón en invierno'' (2014) and ''La vida negociable'' (2017). He has been translated into several European languages. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Landero, Luis Spanish writers 1948 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Juaristi
Jon Juaristi Linacero (born in Bilbao in 1951) is a Spanish poet, essayist and translator in Spanish and Basque, as well as a self-confessed former ETA militant.''Jon Juaristi'', article at '' El Mundo'' He lives in . Biography Education and employment A Ph.D. in Romance , he studied at the |
Televisión Española
(acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in Equatorial Guinea. TVE began as a standalone company dependent on the Ministry of Information and Tourism. After undergoing several restructurings and reorganizations, since 1 January 2007 it is the television division –while (RNE) is the radio division– of (RTVE), the public corporation which has the overall responsibility for the national broadcasting public services under a parliament-appointed president who, in addition to being answerable to a board of directors, reports to an all-party committee of the national parliament, as provided for in the Public Radio and Television Law of 2006. TVE launched its first channel on 28 October 1956 as the first regular television service in Spain. It was the only one for a decade, until 15 November 1966, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Transition To Democracy
The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as (; ) or (), is a period of History of Spain, modern Spanish history encompassing the regime change that moved from the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of a parliamentary system, in the form of constitutional monarchy under Juan Carlos I. The democratic transition began two days after the death of Francisco Franco, in November 1975. Initially, "the political elites left over from Francoism" attempted "to reform of the institutions of dictatorship" through existing legal means, but social and political pressure saw the formation of a democratic parliament in the 1977 Spanish general election, 1977 general election, which had the imprimatur to write a new constitution that was then approved by referendum in December 1978. The following years saw the beginning of the development of the rule of law and establishment of Autonomous communities of Spain, regional government, amidst ongoing terrorism, an 1981 Spanish cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
