Pureza Canelo

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Born (1946-12-09) December 9, 1946 (age 79)
OccupationsPoet and cultural ambassador
AwardsAdonais Prize for Poetry (1970)
Pureza Canelo
Born (1946-12-09) December 9, 1946 (age 79)
OccupationsPoet and cultural ambassador
AwardsAdonais Prize for Poetry (1970)

Pureza Canelo Gutiérrez (Moraleja, Cáceres, 1946) is a Spanish poet and cultural ambassador. She won the Adonais Prize for Poetry in 1970 for Lugar común.[1]

Canelo was born on 9 December 1946 in Moraleja, Spain. She has three older siblings.[2] She spent her childhood and adolescence in the rural town of Moraleja, then moved to Madrid to study education.[3]

In 1960, she won the Adonais Prize for her work Lugar común; beginning in 1990, she was part of the jury that awarded it. In 1975, she obtained a creative writing scholarship from the Fundación Juan March.[3]

As a cultural ambassador, she was the boss of the Office of Cultural Activities of the Autonomous University of Madrid and director of the Fundación Gerardo Diego.[3]

Her work has been translated into English and German.[1]

Works

1970. Lugar común. Adonais Prize.

1971. Celda verde.

1974. El barco del agua.

1979. Habitable (primera poética).

1986. Tendido verso: segunda poética.

1990. Pasión inédita.

1995. Moraleja.

1999. No escribir.

2011. A todo lo no amado.[4]

2013. Oeste

2018. Retirada

2019. Habitable. (Antología poética, 1971-2018). José Teruel edition.

2020. Palabra naturaleza. Author's edition.

2022. De traslación.

Prizes and awards

References

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