María Esther García López Explained

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]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alcuentros con autores: “Yo taba ellí”, de Mª Esther García López. Ayuntamiento de Mieres. Asturian.
2. Web site: Miembros de númberu. Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Asturian.
3. News: PELÁEZ . E. . La escritora valdesana María Esther García recibe el «Urogallo de bronce» . 9 December 2021 . La Nueva España . 7 August 2007 . es.
4. News: FUENTE . Candás, A. DE LA . La escritora Esther García será la "poetisa del alba" en la Alborada de Candás . 9 December 2021 . La Nueva España . 30 August 2017 . es.