Marta Portal

Marta Portal Nicolás (10 August 1930 – 26 August 2016) was a Spanish writer, critic, journalist, and professor associated with the Generation of '50.[1] She was a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.

Marta Portal
Portal in 1970
Born
Marta Portal Nicolás

(1930-08-10)10 August 1930
Nava, Asturias, Spain
Died26 August 2016(2016-08-26) (aged 86)
Madrid, Spain
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Occupation(s)Teacher, journalist
Notable workA tientas y a ciegas
Awards
  • Premio Planeta (1966)
  • Premio Adelaida Ristori (1975)
  • Premio Hucha de plata de cuentos (1991)
  • Premio Periodismo y el Horizonte (1992)
  • Premio de las Letras de Asturias (2007)

Career

Portal held a degree in philosophy and literature and a PhD in Information Sciences, and taught Hispano-American literature at the Complutense University of Madrid.[2][3] In her work as a journalist she wrote news articles and literary criticism, as well as opinion columns in media such as ABC, El Alcázar, and Pueblo.[3]

As a novelist, she discussed issues of women's education and double standards.[4] In 1966 she was awarded the Premio Planeta for the novel A tientas y a ciegas.[5][6] Portal received other awards over the course of her career, such as the Premio Adelaida Ristori, Premio Hucha de Plata de cuentos, and Premio de las Letras de Asturias.[7] She was president of the Cultural Association of Hispano-Mexican Friendship. In 2001, the city council of her native town inaugurated the Casa de Cultura Marta Portal in her honor.[8]

Marta Portal died in Madrid on 26 August 2016.[6]

Works

Novels

  • A tientas y a ciegas, Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1966 (Premio Planeta 1966)
  • El malmuerto (1967)
  • A ras de las sombras (1968)
  • Ladridos a la luna (1970)
  • El buen camino (1975)
  • Un espacio erótico (1982)
  • Pago de traición, Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1983
  • El ángel caído (1994)
  • Él y yo, nosotros tres (2002)

Essays

  • El maíz: grano sagrado de América (1970)
  • Proceso narrativo de la revolución mexicana (1977)
  • Análisis semiológico de Pedro Páramo (1981)
  • Rulfo: Dinámica de la violencia (1984)

Short stories

  • La veintena (1973)

References

  1. "Marta Portal". escritoras.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. "Nava: El fondo documental Marta Portal" [Nava: The Marta Portal Documentary Fund]. biblioasturias.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. Pérez, Janet; Ihrie, Maureen, eds. (2002). The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature: N-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 489–491. ISBN 9780313324451. Retrieved 22 October 2017 via Google Books.
  4. Fernández González, Pilar (2000). Villalba Alvarez, Marina (ed.). Los últimos veinticinco años de novela femenina en Asturias [The Last 25 Years of Women's Novels in Asturias]. p. 387. ISBN 9788484270454. Retrieved 27 October 2017 via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. "Ganador Premio Planeta 1966" [1966 Premio Planeta Winner] (in Spanish). Premio Planeta. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. Menéndez, Mariola (11 November 2016). "Fallece la escritora y catedrática naveta Marta Portal, premio 'Planeta' en 1966" [Writer and Professor Marta Portal Dies, 'Planeta' Award in 1966]. La Nueva España. Nava. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. "El silencioso adiós de Marta Portal" [The Silent Goodbye of Marta Portal]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  8. "Instalaciones" [Installations] (in Spanish). Nava Town Council. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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