Aurora Correa (February 10, 1930 – November 20, 2008) was a Spanish-born teacher and writer, a naturalized Mexican who was part of the group of exiles known as the Children of Morelia (Spanish: Niños de Morelia), which arrived in Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. In her 2008 book Cerezas, she narrates her experiences through the journey and exile.
Aurora Correa | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 10, 1930 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | November 20, 2008 (aged 78) León, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, writer |
| Notable work | Cerezas |
Biography
editAurora Correa was born on February 10, 1930, in Barcelona. She arrived in Mexico in 1937, when she was 7 years old, as part of the group known as the Children of Morelia, exiled during the Spanish Civil War. As many of these children never returned to their homeland, they remained in the country and became naturalized Mexicans in 1967.[a][1][2]
Correa's professional work was always related to education, literature, and the dissemination of culture. She taught Spanish in high school, worked as a screenwriter, was a copywriter and editor of various publishing houses, and also a radio actress.[3] She wrote for print media such as El Día, El Nacional, Excélsior, Novedades, and Siempre![3][4] One such story, published in Novedades, narrates her experiences in the boarding school where she lived in childhood.[5]
She published six books, including La muerte de James Dean (1991) and Ha (1992), which were finalists in the Planeta and Diana novel competitions respectively.[3] Cerezas (2008), her last book, tells of her experiences as one of the Children of Morelia.[2] Only one of her books, Odas (1976), is dedicated to poetry, and her work in this genre is little-known.[6]
Aurora Correa died on November 20, 2008, in the city of León, Guanajuato.[1][2]
Books
edit- Agustina Ramírez: heroina del pueblo (1964)
- Odas (1976)
- La muerte de James Dean (1991), ISBN 9789682704192
- Ha (1992), ISBN 9789681323127
- Te beso buenas noches (1997), ISBN 9789687791777
- Cerezas (2008), ISBN 9789709885118[4][6][7]
Notes
edit- ^ Some sources indicate that it was in 1963.
References
edit- ^ a b "Aurora Correa". Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México (in Spanish). Secretariat of Culture, Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ a b c López Arellano, Marcela. "Aurora Correa: De Barcelona a México en 1937". Revista Mexbcn (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Correa, Aurora (1930–2008)". Catálogo Biobibliográfico de la Literatura en México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ a b "Fallece Aurora Correa, destacada escritora e intelectual, hispanomexicana radicada en Aguascalientes" [Aurora Correa, Distinguished Hispano-Mexican Writer and Intellectual Based in Aguascalientes, Passes Away] (in Spanish). Secretariat of Culture. November 21, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Forum, Issues 152-162 (in Spanish). Reproducciones Montesinos. 2006. p. 154. Retrieved July 10, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Ibarra Guerrero, Katia Irina; Masera, Mariana (July–December 2017). "Identidad(es) literaria(s): el exilio en las poetas hispanomexicanas". Revista Valenciana (in Spanish) (20): 113–136. doi:10.15174/rv.v0i20.293. ISSN 2448-7295. Retrieved July 10, 2019 – via Dialnet.
- ^ "Obra publicada de Aurora Correa" [Published Work of Aurora Correa]. Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México (in Spanish). Secretariat of Culture, Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas. Retrieved July 10, 2019.