Basilio Rodríguez Cañada
Basilio Rodríguez Cañada (born in Navalvillar de Pela, Badajoz province in 1961) is a Spanish writer, editor, poet, professor, columnist, Africanist and cultural manager.[1]
Basilio Rodríguez Cañada | |
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Born | 1961 Navalvillar de Pela, Badajoz (Spain) |
Occupation | President of the Sial Pigmalión Publishing Group and the PEN Club of Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Nationality | Spanish |
Alma mater | Institución Jamer Complutense University of Madrid |
Notable awards | XXX Premio de Poesía González de Lama
Premio Rafael García Plata de Poesía Galardón Aurelio Arturo de Poesía Premio Estrella de Oro a la Excelencia Profesional Premio Europeo a la Calidad Empresarial |
Biography
Basilio Rodríguez Cañada was born in 1961, in the municipality of Navalvillar de Pela, in the province of Badajoz, which belongs to the autonomous community of Extremadura.[2] He holds a degree in Communication Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid.
From 1989 to 2003 Rodríguez Cañada was deputy director of the "Nuestra Señora de África" school, affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was also founder and president of the "Association for the Joint Activities of the University Affiliated Schools of Madrid".[3]
From 2001 to 2006 Rodríguez Cañada was a professor of Management and Communication at the Mississippi University Institution of Madrid, operated by the University of Southern Mississippi.[4] He was a visiting professor at many different universities, and a regular lecturer at numerous national and international institutions.[5]
He has collaborated with various newspapers and magazines: ABC, Leer, Estudios Africanos, Carácter, Turia, European Magazine, etc.[6][7] He has also held several photography exhibitions and his works have been published in numerous specialized media outlets.[8][9]
From 2005 to December 2007, he hosted the weekly multicast television program "Tiempo de tertulia".[10]
From 2012 to 2015 he was president of the Spanish Association of Africanists, Spanish Section of the European Council for African Studies. He was a founder and is the current president of the PEN Club of Spain.[11][12][13] He is also the president of Sial Pigmalión Publishing Group, founded in 1997.[14][15]
In 2018 Rodríguez Cañada received the "Gold Star" award from the Institute for Professional Excellence (IEP), in recognition of his work and commitment to excellence.[16]
In 2020, he received the European Award for Business Quality, awarded by the European Association for Economy and Competitiveness, in recognition of his career.[17]
Publications
His writing has won various literary awards and has been translated into Arabic, Italian, French, English, German, Portuguese, Greek, Russian, Galician and Catalan.[18][19][20][21][22]
Poetry books:
- Las adolescentes (1986, 1996 y 1997)
- Acreedor de eternidades (1996 y 1997)
- Afluentes de la memoria (1997)
- La fuente de jade (1998)
- La llama azul (1999)
- Breve antología poética. 1983-2000 (2000)
- Amiga, amante, compañera (2001)
- País de sombras (2001)
- Viaje al alba (2005)
- La brisa y el simún. Poema dramático (2006)
- Hubo un tiempo (2008)
- Suma poética. 1983-2007 (2011)
- Sobre la piel del amor (2017)
- ¡Imagínate! Antología (2018)
Publications about his poetry:
- El imaginario poético de Basilio Rodríguez Cañada. Intimidades, itinerarios, remembranzas (2019)
- La piel de la poesía de Basilio Rodríguez Cañada (2019)
Other works:
- Poesía Ultimísima. 35 voces para abrir un milenio (1997)
- Milenio. Ultimísima Poesía Española. Antología (1997)
- Conflictos y cooperación en África actual (2000)
- El sueño de la pirámide (2012)
References
- "ABC MADRID 13-11-1997 página 50 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Rodríguez Cañada, Basilio archivos". Grupo Editorial Sial Pigmalión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- "Basilio Rodríguez Cañada. España Poesía". UNRadio. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Basilio Biography UniValle". UniValle. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14.
- "BUCM :: Escritores complutenses 2.0 :: Biblioteca Complutense". webs.ucm.es. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ""Los extremeños que emigramos no hemos sido reconocidos"". Hoy (in European Spanish). 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- Zafra, Ángel (1999-07-21). ""La poesía goza en Madrid de muy buena salud"". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- Extremadura, El Periódico. "Basilio Rodríguez: "Sabemos que al Planeta no se concurre, es un premio, al igual que la mayoría de los mejor dotados, de encargo"". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Basilio Rodríguez en el reino de las odaliscas". www.laraizinvertida.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Basilio Rodríguez Cañada defiende la importancia de la poesía en el mundo". www.diariolibre.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Basilio Rodríguez Cañada presidirá el PEN Club español". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "HISTORIA". www.penclub.es. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "La presión del PEN club catalán fuerza la exclusión del español". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Basilio Rodríguez Cañada - Editor". UNRadio. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Basilio Rodríguez. La historia de la América negra de Manuel Zapata O." UNRadio. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Basilio Rodríguez Cañada". Pijao Editores (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- Basilio (2020-01-24). "AEDEEC OTORGA EL PREMIO EUROPEO A LA CALIDAD EMPRESARIAL". Grupo Editorial Sial Pigmalión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Basilio Biography - Pijao Editors".
- "Basilio Rodríguez Cañada". Dialnet (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Has buscado Rodríguez Cañada, Basilio". Grupo Editorial Sial Pigmalión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "ABC MADRID 27-06-1998 página 52 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- Hernanz, Beatriz. "La llama azul | El Cultural" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
External links
- Sial Pigmalion Editorial Group website
- The Pen Club of Spain Archived 2023-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Nuestra Señora de África School
- Mississippi University Institution of Madrid
- Association for the Joint Activities of the University Affiliated Schools of Madrid
- Basilio Rodríguez Cañada Personal Page
- Africanists