- Elena Quiroga
Elena Quiroga de la Válgoma (1921-1995), was a Spanish writer and winner of the "
Premio Nadal ". She was born in Santander and grew up on her father's estate in Barco de Valdeorras, Orense. Growing up in the region, she felt intimately linked to Galicia. Her first novel was published in 1949, but it was with her second novel, "Viento del norte " – which won the "Premio Nadal " in 1950 – that she became famous. That same year, she married the historianDalmiro de la Válgoma .In 1984 Quiroga was made a member of the
Real Academia Española . She died on October 3rd, 1995, in La Coruña.Works
* "La soledad sonora". Madrid: Espasa Calpé, 1949.
* "Viento del norte". Barcelona: Destino, 1951. (Won the seventh "Premio Nadal")
* "La sangre". Barcelona: Destino, 1952.
* "Algo pasa en la calle". Barcelona: Destino, 1954.
* "La careta". Barcelona: Noguer, 1955.
* "La enferma". Barcelona: Noguer, 1955.
* "Plácida la joven y otras narraciones". Madrid: Prensa española, 1956.
* "La última corrida". Barcelona: Noguer, 1958.
* "Tristura". Barcelona: Noguer, 1960. (Won the "Premio de la Crítica")
* "Carta aCadaqués ". Santander: Bedia, Imp., 1961.
* "Envío a Faramello". Madrid: Raycar, 1963.
* "Escribo tu nombre". Barcelona: Noguer, 1965.
* "Presente profundo". Barcelona: Destino, 1973.
* "Presencia y ausencia deÁlvaro Cunqueiro ". Madrid: Real Academia Española (RAE), 1984.
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