María López Sández (Lugo, September 17, 1973) is a Galician philologist and essayist.[1] She is an academic numerary of the Royal Galician Academy (RAG).
Education
editShe graduated from IES Lucus Augusti and obtained a degree in Hispanic, English and Galician-Portuguese Philology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USD). She received her doctorate in Literary theory and comparative literature from this university with the thesis, A descrición topográfica, o seu papel na construción dun imaxinario cultural no discurso literario galego ("Cantares gallegos", "Arredor de si" e o ciclo textual de "Tagen Ata"). (Topographic description, its role in the construction of a cultural imaginary in the Galician literary discourse - "Cantares Galicians", "Arredor de si" and the textual cycle of "Tagen Ata") (2006).[2] She received the End of Education Career Award of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, and the National Award for Completion of University Studies in Philology.[3]
Career and research
editLopez taught in secondary education at Centro público integrado (CPI) Fonte Díaz, Touro, Spain and at Instituto de Educación Secundaria (IES) Xulián Magariños in Negreira.[4] She is also an associate professor at the USC Faculty of Education Sciences.[5] Her work as a researcher focuses on the relationship between Galician literature and landscape imagery and urban space, as well as the study of cartography as a semiotic of space.[6] She is the author of articles and studies on Rosalía de Castro, Rosalía e a paisaxe galega, Os efectos da aculturación en “El cadiceño” de Rosalía de Castro”. She has participated in international congresses with reports on Castro, O ensaio como subtexto na prosa de Rosalía de Castro, Cantares gallegos, novas perspectivas de análise.[7][6]
In 2022, she was elected an academic numerary of RAG. On March 11, 2023. She delivered her induction speech Onde abrolla o manancial: a paisaxe na raíz do ensaísmo galego (Where the spring flows: the landscape at the root of the Galician essay).[8]
Awards and honours
edit- 2023, Premio 8 de Marzo[4]
- 2020, Finalist, Raíña Lupa Award, for A noite da Deusa[4]
- 2014, Finalist, La Voz de Galicia Novel Award, for O faro escuro[4]
- 2012, Repsol Short Narrative Award, for A forma das nubes[9][10]
- 2007, Ramón Piñeiro Prize for Essay, for Paisaxe e nación. A creación discursiva do territorio.[10]
Selected works in Galician
editEssays
edit- Paisaxe e nación. A creación discursiva do territorio (2008), Galaxia[11]
- Movendo os marcos do patriarcado, co-author with Marilar Aleixandre, 2021[12] Translated into Spanish by the authors themselves.[13]
Narratives
edit- A forma das nubes (2012)., Galaxia. Second edition, 2014.[14]
- O faro escuro (2015), Galaxia[15]
- A noite da deusa (2020), Galaxia, Costa Oeste ISBN 978-84-9151-469-5
Collective works
edit- Libres e vivas (2021), Galaxia[16]
References
edit- ^ "María López Sández". aelg.gal. Galician Writers Association. April 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ López Sández, María (2006). "A descrición topográfica: o seu papel na construción dun imaxinario cultural no discurso literario galego (Cantares gallegos, Arredor de si e o ciclo textual de Tagen Ata)" [The topographical description: its role in the construction of a cultural imaginary in the Galician literary discourse (Cantares Gallegos, Arredor de si and the textual cycle of Tagen Ata)]. investigacion.usc.gal. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "María López Sández". poesiagalega.org. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2024 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ a b c d Enfoques, Redacción (9 March 2023). "María López Sández recibe el Premio 8 de Marzo en Negreira por sus años en el IES Xulián de Magariños" [María López Sández receives the March 8 Award in Negreira for her years at IES Xulián de Magariños]. Enfoques (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Maria Lopez Sandez". www.usc.gal. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Galaxia de autores" [Galaxy of authors]. editorialgalaxia.es. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2024 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ "María López Sández". mar-maior.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "María López Sández ingresará como membro de número da Real Academia Galega o 11 de marzo en Lugo" [María López Sández will enter as a full member of the Royal Galician Academy on March 11 in Lugo]. Real Academia Galega (in Galician). 2 March 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "María López Sández recibiu o VI Premio de Narrativa Breve Repsol" [María López Sández received the 6th Repsol Short Narrative Award]. Editorial Galaxia (in Galician). 18 December 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Premios de María López Sández" [María López Sández awards]. www.cervantes.es. Departamento de Bibliotecas y Documentación del Instituto Cervantes. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Catálogo de libros" [Book catalog]. editorialgalaxia.es. 29 June 2012. ISBN 978-84-9865-130-0.
- ^ Triñáns, Ana. "Marilar Aleixandre e María López reivindican nun libro o feminismo de Pardo Bazán" [Marilar Aleixandre and María López claim in a book the feminism of Pardo Bazán]. Nós Diario (in Galician).
- ^ "Moviendo Los Marcos Del Patriarcado" [Moving the Frames of Patriarchy]. bibliotraducion.uvigo.es.
- ^ "A forma das nubes" [The shape of the clouds] (in Galician). Editorial Galaxia. ISBN 978-84-9865-469-1.
- ^ "O faro escuro" [The dark lighthouse]. Editorial Galaxia (in Galician). ISBN 978-84-9865-591-9.
- ^ "Libres e vivas" [Free and alive]. Editorial Galaxia (in Galician). ISBN 978-84-9151-586-9.
External links
edit- Inma Otero interviews María López Sández, at insulaeuropea.eu, via Internet Archive
- Culturgal 2012. María López Sández: The shape of clouds, 24 January 2013, via YouTube