Marta Portal

Marta Portal
Portal in 1970
Born	Marta Portal Nicolás (1930-08-10)10 August 1930 Nava, Asturias, Spain
Died	26 August 2016(2016-08-26) (aged 86) Madrid, Spain
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid
Occupation(s)	Teacher, journalist
Notable work	A tientas y a ciegas
Awards	Premio Planeta (1966) Premio Adelaida Ristori (1975) Premio Hucha de plata de cuentos (1991) Premio Periodismo y el Horizonte (1992) Premio de las Letras de Asturias (2007)

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 Pueblo [es].^[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

• A tientas y a ciegas, Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1966 (Premio Planeta 1966)
• El malmuerto (1967)
• A ras de las sombras (1968)
• Ladridos a la luna (1970)
• El buen camino (1975)
• Un espacio erótico (1982)
• Pago de traición, Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1983
• El ángel caído (1994)
• Él y yo, nosotros tres (2002)

Essays

• El maíz: grano sagrado de América (1970)
• Proceso narrativo de la revolución mexicana (1977)
• Análisis semiológico de Pedro Páramo (1981)
• Rulfo: Dinámica de la violencia (1984)

Short stories

• La veintena (1973)

References

1. "Marta Portal". escritoras.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
2. "Nava: El fondo documental Marta Portal" [Nava: The Marta Portal Documentary Fund]. biblioasturias.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
3. Pérez, Janet; Ihrie, Maureen, eds. (2002). The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature: N-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 489–491. ISBN 9780313324451. Retrieved 22 October 2017 – via Google Books.
4. Fernández González, Pilar (2000). Villalba Alvarez, Marina (ed.). Los últimos veinticinco años de novela femenina en Asturias [The Last 25 Years of Women's Novels in Asturias] (in Spanish). University of Castilla-La Mancha. p. 387. ISBN 9788484270454. Retrieved 27 October 2017 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
5. "Ganador Premio Planeta 1966" [1966 Premio Planeta Winner] (in Spanish). Premio Planeta. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
6. Menéndez, Mariola (11 November 2016). "Fallece la escritora y catedrática naveta Marta Portal, premio 'Planeta' en 1966" [Writer and Professor Marta Portal Dies, 'Planeta' Award in 1966]. La Nueva España. Nava. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
7. "El silencioso adiós de Marta Portal" [The Silent Goodbye of Marta Portal]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
8. "Instalaciones" [Installations] (in Spanish). Nava Town Council. Retrieved 27 October 2017.