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Elena Quiroga

エレナ・キロガ

Elena Quiroga

Aliases: Elena Quiroga de Abarca

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1921-10-26 (Santander)
Died
1995-10-03 (A Coruña) age 73
Nationality
スペイン
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Villoria (Galicia) → Madrid → A Coruña

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
1949-1995
Affiliations
Real Academia Española
Memberships
Real Academia Española

Awards

Premio Nadal
1950
Work: Viento del norte
Organization: Destino
Result: 受賞
Premio de la Crítica Catalana
1960
Work: Tristura
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Viento del norte

1951 Novel

A novel about the relationship between a young maid and her master.

childhoodinjustice

La Soledad Sonora

1949 Novel

Story of a woman from adolescence to the end of her life.

childhoodadolescence

Tristura

1960 Novel

A novel that won the Premio de la Crítica Catalana.

psychological depth

Bibliography

  • La soledad sonora (1949)
  • Viento del norte (1951)
  • La sangre (1952)
  • Trayecto uno (1953)
  • Algo pasa en la calle (1954)
  • La careta (1955)
  • La enferma (1955)
  • Plácida, la joven y otras narraciones (1956)
  • La última corrida (1958)
  • Tristura (1960)
  • Carta a Cadaqués (1961)
  • Envío a Faramello (1963)
  • Escribo tu nombre (1965)
  • El pájaro de oro
  • La otra ciudad
  • Presente profundo (1973)
  • Grandes soledades (1983)
  • Presencia y ausencia de Álvaro Cunqueiro (1984)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
rich, elegant and pure languagedelicate style
Recurring Motifs
childhoodadolescenceinjustice

Health

  • brain disease
    1995年
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Renowned Spanish writer, second woman in Real Academia Española.