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Dulce Chacón

ドゥルセ・チャコン

Duruse Chakon

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1954-06-03 （Zafra, Extremadura, Spain）
Died
2003-12-03 （Brunete, Spain） age 49
Nationality
Spanish
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Agnostic
Residence History
Zafra, Extremadura → Madrid

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, playwright
Active Years
1992-2003
Influenced By
José Saramago

Awards

Premio de Poesía Ciudad de Irún
1995
Work: Contra el desprestigio de la altura
Result: 受賞
Premio Azorín
2000
Work: Cielos de barro
Result: 受賞
Premio Libro del Año
2002
Work: La voz dormida
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La voz dormida (The Sleeping Voice)

2002 novel

A novel gathering testimonies of women who participated on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.

Spanish Civil Warwomen's rolesmemory and oblivion

Algún amor que no mate

1996 novel

Story of a woman abused by her husband.

domestic violencewomen's suffering

Cielos de barro

2000 novel

Bibliography

  • Querrán ponerle nombre (1992)
  • Las palabras de la piedra (1993)
  • Contra el desprestigio de la altura (1995)
  • Matar al ángel (1999)
  • Cuatro gotas (2003)
  • Algún amor que no mate (1996)
  • Blanca vuela mañana
  • Háblame, musa, de aquel varón (1998)
  • Cielos de barro (2000)
  • La voz dormida (2002)
  • Algún amor que no mate (theatre)
  • Segunda mano (1998)
  • Te querré hasta la muerte (2003)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Direct and powerful style
Recurring Motifs
Memory of Spanish Civil Warwomen's struggleresistance to oblivion

Health

  • pancreatic cancer
    2003年
    Spread to liver, leading to death.

Legacy

Known for works on Spanish Civil War and women's rights, recognized as a progressive activist.

Trivia

  • Motto: 'neither bitterness nor oblivion' regarding Spanish Civil War victims.
  • Turned leftist due to victims of Spanish dictatorship.