SPANISH LITERATURE

THE AUTHOR I HAVE ENJOYED MORE:

GLORIA FUERTES

INDEX

INTRODUCTION GLORIA FUERTES

IMPORTANT WORKS

LITERARY WORK

POEMS

QUOTES

INTRODUCTION Gloria Fuertes is one

of the most important and popular voices of Spanish children's literature, because some of her books and poems have become classics, and her verses are known to children and adults.

GLORIA FUERTES

Gloria Fuertes was a Spanish poet. She was born on July 28 1917, in Madrid and she died on November 27 1998.

She graduated in shorthand and typing, grammar and literature.

IMPORTANT WORKS In 1935 she published her first poems

and gave her first poetry reading at Radio Madrid.

In 1947 she obtained the 1st prize of "music lyrics" National Radio of Spain.

She published "Ignored Island", her first book.

She's the founder and director of the poetry magazine “Archer”

In 1952 she premiered her first play in verse "Prometheus“.

LITERARY WORK

FOR CHILDREN:

Fairytales like:

- Songs for Children (1956)

- The book crazy. A bit of everything (1981)

- The princess wanted to be poor (1942)

- Distracted Cook (1994)

FOR ADULTS:

- Ignored Island (1950)

- Anthology of poems and suburb (1954)

- What on earth are you (1962)

- Poet Guard (1968)

- Alone in the room (1973)

POEMS LEAVE YOUR CRYSTALS

Crystals of your absence riddled my voice,that spreads at nightby the icy desert of my bedroom.-I want to be an angel and I am wolf.I would like to be luminously yoursand I am darkly mine.

IN THE CLEAR NIGHTS

On clear nights,I solve the problem of loneliness of being.I invite the moon and with my shadow we are three.

WRITE

I write without modelIn what comes,I write memorySuddenly,I write about me,About the people,As a tragic gameNo letters alone,I mix the colors,The loves,The urban peopleThe violent wordsAnd instead of hatred lingerOr to the street,I write to whatever happens.

QUOTES

- Human

mostly,

only tell half-truths

or whole lies

- Best of forgetfulness

is the memory ...

-I feel that I want one who can not love me.

- I would like to be the fire that stoked your ashesI would be called a fire to your heartI would like to be the owner of your soul and you werethe owner of my love.

TRIBUTES

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