María López Sández (

Lugo Lugo (, ) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 100,060 in 2024, ...

, September 17, 1973) is a Galician philologist and essayist. She is an academic numerary of the

Royal Galician Academy The Royal Galician Academy (, RAG) is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language. The Academy is bas ...

(RAG).

Education

She graduated from and obtained a degree in Hispanic, English and Galician-Portuguese

Philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

from the

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(USD). She received her doctorate in

Literary theory Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. Culler 1997, p.1 Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, m ...

and

comparative literature Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across language, linguistic, national, geographic, and discipline, disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role ...

from this university with the thesis, (Topographic description, its role in the construction of a cultural imaginary in the Galician literary discourse - "Cantares Galicians", "Arredor de si" and the textual cycle of "Tagen Ata") (2006). She received the End of Education Career Award of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, and the National Award for Completion of University Studies in Philology.

Career and research

Lopez taught in secondary education at (CPI) Fonte Díaz,

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and at (IES) in

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. She is also an associate professor at the USC Faculty of Education Sciences. Her work as a researcher focuses on the relationship between

Galician literature Galician-language literature is the literature written in Galician. The earliest works in Galician language are from the early 13th-century '' trovadorismo'' tradition. In the Middle Ages, ''Galego-português'' ( Galician-Portuguese) was a langu ...

and landscape imagery and

urban space An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...

, as well as the study of

cartography Cartography (; from , 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and , 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can ...

as a semiotic of space. She is the author of articles and studies on

Rosalía de Castro María Rosalía Rita de Castro (; 23 February 1837 – 15 July 1885), was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely regarded as the greatest Gali ...

, . She has participated in international congresses with reports on Castro, . In 2022, she was elected an academic numerary of RAG. On March 11, 2023. She delivered her induction speech (Where the spring flows: the landscape at the root of the Galician essay).

Awards and honours

* 2023, Premio 8 de Marzo * 2020, Finalist, Raíña Lupa Award, for * 2014, Finalist, La Voz de Galicia Novel Award, for * 2012, Repsol Short Narrative Award, for * 2007, Ramón Piñeiro Prize for Essay, for

Selected works in Galician

Essays

* ''Paisaxe e nación. A creación discursiva do territorio'' (2008), Galaxia * ''Movendo os marcos do patriarcado'', co-author with Marilar Aleixandre, 2021 Translated into Spanish by the authors themselves.

Narratives

* ''A forma das nubes'' (2012)., Galaxia. Second edition, 2014. * ''O faro escuro'' (2015), Galaxia * ''A noite da deusa'' (2020), Galaxia, Costa Oeste

Collective works

* ''Libres e vivas'' (2021), Galaxia

References

External links

Inma Otero interviews María López Sández
at insulaeuropea.eu, via Internet Archive
Culturgal 2012. María López Sández: The shape of clouds
24 January 2013, via YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Sandez, Maria 1973 births Living people Royal Galician Academy 21st-century philologists 21st-century Spanish essayists Women philologists Spanish women essayists Spanish philologists 21st-century Spanish women writers People from Lugo Galician-language writers University of Santiago de Compostela alumni Academic staff of the University of Santiago de Compostela