María Esther García López

María Esther García López (born, 8 December 1948, La Degollada, Valdés, Asturias) is a poet and writer in Asturian and Spanish. She is the president of the Asociación de Escritores de Asturias (Asturias Writers Association).[1]

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García , the second or maternal family name is López.
María Esther García López

She graduated in pedagogy. She is a teacher and expert in Asturian philology. García is a corresponding member of Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.[2] She served as professor at Universidá Asturiana de Branu (UABRA) for 25 years. She also participated as a jury member in numerous literary competitions and poetry recitals.

Awards and honours
  • 2005, Tribute in Luarca from the “Valdés Siglo XXI” Women's Association for her work as a writer and researcher and for her work around the recovery of Asturian language and culture and the defense of women's rights.
  • 2007, Uviéu Poetry Prize, in its first edition, with the poetry book Pisadas.
  • 2007, Winner of the Fernández Lema short story award with the story "Performance".
  • 2007, “Xosé Álvarez” Award for a short story organized by the Asturian Center of Madrid.
  • 2007, “Bronze Grouse”, an award given by the Asturianu Center in Madrid.[3]
  • 2009, Prize "León Delestal" Asturian Center of Madrid with the story The wedding.
  • 2015, Third Prize for poetry "Andén" on the occasion of International Women's Day.
  • 2015, "Friend of the Joaquín Rodríguez de Ḷḷuarca Library" Award.
  • 2015, “Vaqueira de Honor” from the Vaqueiro and Vaqueirada Festival.
  • 2015, "Timón" Award for her literary career.
  • 2017, The Valdés Town Hall dedicates the Ḷḷibru de Ḷḷuarca Day to him.
  • 2017, Poetisa del Alba for Alborada de Candás.[4]

Selected works
  • El Tatuaxe, 1998
  • Ḷḷuribaga, 2003
  • Zamparrampa: Poemas pa nenos ya nenas, 2004
  • Tiempu d'iviernu, 2005
  • Aventures del Quixote, 2005
  • Historias de Vida ya señas de muerte, 2006
  • Faraguyas, 2007
  • Pisadas, 2008
  • La maestra, 2008
  • Musical-landia, 2008
  • Performance, 2009
  • Menú de Versos, 2009
  • Deva y El Pitín, 2010
  • A la gueta l'amor, 2010
  • Alredor de la Quintana: Animales y otros bichos, 2013
  • Quiero ser Arcu Iris, 2014
  • Yo taba ellí, 2015
  • Yo estaba allí, 2016
  • Deva, Flor de Primvera, 2017
  • Leo, 2018
  • Haikusnora, 2019
  • El color de los días, 2019
  • La bruja en la Biblioteca, 2019
  • A veces el amor es azul, 2020

References
  1. "Alcuentros con autores: "Yo taba ellí", de Mª Esther García López" (in Asturian). Ayuntamiento de Mieres.
  2. "Miembros de númberu" (in Asturian). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
  3. PELÁEZ, E. (7 August 2007). "La escritora valdesana María Esther García recibe el «Urogallo de bronce»". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. FUENTE, Candás, A. DE LA (30 August 2017). "La escritora Esther García será la "poetisa del alba" en la Alborada de Candás". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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