Versos con faldas
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 Participants of the literary salon Versos con faldas in Madrid, c. 1951–1953. Photo published by Instituto Cervantes. | |
| Formation | March 5, 1951 |
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| Founder | Gloria Fuertes, Adelaida Las Santas, María Dolores de Pablos |
| Dissolved | 1953 |
| Type | Tertulia / literary salon |
| Purpose | To provide a space for women poets to share and present their work |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
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Region served | Spain |
| Products | Poetry recitals, anthologies |
Official language | Spanish |
Key people | Ángela Figuera Aymerich, Carmen Conde, Sagrario Torres |
Main organ | Asociación de Escritores y Artistas (from 1952) |
Versos con faldas was a women's literary salon held in Madrid (Spain) between 1951 and 1953. It was promoted by Gloria Fuertes, Adelaida Las Santas and María Dolores de Pablos with the aim that, given the scant presence of women in poetry recitals, women poets would have a place to present their work and share their literary concerns.[1]
The first Versos con Faldas gathering was held on 5 March 1951 in the basement of the Asociación Artístico-Literaria del Teatro Gallego, located at number 5 on the Carrera de San Jerónimo in Madrid.[2] The singularity of the experience drew several photographers and journalists.[3][4] Days later, the newspaper Pueblo ran an article titled "Gloria, Adelaida y María Dolores han enfaldado la poesía".[5]
At first they met every Monday at the Asociación del Teatro Gallego, but the leaders there soon began to put pressure on them to stop holding their poetic gatherings there. Gloria Fuertes described it in a 1952 interview with "El folletín":
"They installed a table football game in the room where we met, and when a poetess began to recite, the members shouted around the table with great merriment."[5]
This conflict led the salon to move to the Asociación de Escritores y Artistas (Association of Writers and Artists), which implied—despite the founders’ reluctance—the condition of paying for the venue and therefore charging one peseta as an admission fee. This change, which also made the salon fortnightly, together with the suppression by the Francoist dictatorship's Dirección General de Seguridad in 1952 of café recitals and salons, marked the beginning of its gradual loss of momentum. Before its disappearance in 1953, meetings were also held at the Centro Asturiano de Madrid and other closed venues.[1]
Despite the dissolution of Versos con Faldas, in subsequent years many of the authors maintained ties and mutual support networks, coincided in other spaces, and saw anthologies published that included some of their work. Examples include Poesía femenina española viviente (1954) and Poesía femenina española (1950–1960) (1971), both published by Carmen Conde.[1]