Celia, lo que dice

Infobox Book
name = Celia, lo que dice
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image_caption = First print edition cover, 1929
author = Elena Fortún
illustrator = Molina Gallent, Bonifacio Alfonso Gómez
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country = flagicon|Spain Spain
language = Spanish
series = "Celia y su mundo"
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genre = children's novel, drama
publisher = M. Aguilar Editor
pub_date = 1929
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 223
isbn = ISBN 84-206-3575-8
oclc =
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followed_by = Celia en el colegio (1932)

"Celia, lo que dice" ("What Celia Says" or literally, "Celia, What She Says") is the first in the series of children's novels by the famous Spanish author Elena Fortún. The novel is a collection of short stories first published in magazines in 1929. The stories, which were written from the perspective of a seven-year-old girl named Celia Gálvez de Montalbán, narrated the life of the protagonist living in Madrid with her family. Celia, who was an extremely popular character from her first appearance through the 1960s [cite encyclopedia |last=Perez |first=Janet |coauthors=Ihrie, Maureen |encyclopedia=The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature |origyear=2002 |accessdate=2008-05-23 |volume=Volume 1, (A-M) |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |location=Connecticut |isbn=03-133-2444-1 |pages=243 |chapter= |quote=Her [Elena Fortún's] extremely popular character Celia Gálvez de Moltalbán was a favorite among Spanish girls during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. ] , was characterized as a girl who often questioned the world around her in ways that were both ingenuous and innocent. The novel was followed by several sequels through the 1930s and the 1950s, the last one published in 1987, [cite book |title=Celia en la revolución |last=Fortún |first=Elena |others=Illustrated by Asun Balzola, introduction by Marisol Dorao |year=1987 |publisher=M. Aguilar Editor |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |isbn=84-034-6116-X |oclc=18476010 ] [cite web |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/opinion/ESPAnA/GUERRA_CIVIL_ESPAnOLA/Celia/infiernos/elpepiopi/19890903elpepiopi_7/Tes/ |title=Celia, en los infiernos |accessdate=2008-05-23 |last=Ayala |first=Francisco |date=1989-09-03 |work=El Pais ] thirty-five years after the death of the author. The first of these sequels was "Celia en el colegio", first published in 1932. The series were both popular and successful during the time following their publication and are today considered classics of Spanish literature. The first three novels were adapted for television in 1992, in a series produced by José Luis Borau entitled "Celia", which starred Cristina Cruz Mínguez in the title role.

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External links

* [http://elenafortun.com Elena Fortún: Su vida, su obra] - Website dedicated to author Elena Fortún, featuring her full biography. (Spanish)
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