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Marta Portal
Birth Name:Marta Portal Nicolás
Birth Date:10 August 1930
Birth Place:Nava, Asturias, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Occupation:Teacher, journalist
Notable Works:A tientas y a ciegas
Alma Mater:Complutense University of Madrid

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.

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 .[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

Essays

Short stories

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marta Portal . escritoras.com . Spanish . 27 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Nava: El fondo documental Marta Portal . Nava: The Marta Portal Documentary Fund . biblioasturias.com . Spanish . 27 October 2017.
  3. Book: The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature: N-Z . Pérez . Janet . Ihrie . Maureen . . 9780313324451 . 489–491 . 2002 . 22 October 2017 . Google Books.
  4. Book: Fernández González, Pilar . Los últimos veinticinco años de novela femenina en Asturias . The Last 25 Years of Women's Novels in Asturias . Mujeres novelistas en el panorama literario del siglo XX . Villalba Alvarez . Marina . . 9788484270454 . 387 . Spanish . 2000 . 27 October 2017 . Google Books.
  5. Web site: Ganador Premio Planeta 1966 . 1966 Premio Planeta Winner . . Spanish . 27 October 2017.
  6. News: Fallece la escritora y catedrática naveta Marta Portal, premio 'Planeta' en 1966 . Writer and Professor Marta Portal Dies, 'Planeta' Award in 1966 . Menéndez . Mariola . . Nava . 11 November 2016 . 27 October 2017.
  7. News: El silencioso adiós de Marta Portal . The Silent Goodbye of Marta Portal . . Spanish . 11 November 2016 . 27 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Instalaciones . Installations . Nava Town Council . Spanish . 27 October 2017.

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