María López Sández
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María López Sández (Lugo, 17 September 1973) is a Galician philologist and essayist.[1] She is an academic numerary of the Royal Galician Academy (RAG).
She 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
Lopez 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 11 March 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
- 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]
