Ada Salas facts for kids

Ada Salas, born in 1965, is a talented Spanish poet and writer. She is known for her unique poetry style. Her poems often use pauses, which makes them special. Ada Salas has also worked as a teacher.

About Ada Salas

Ada Salas was born in Cáceres, Spain, in 1965. She studied language and literature at the University of Extremadura. There, she earned a special degree called a doctorate in philology.

Teaching and Early Success

Ada Salas taught in France at the University of Angers. She was meant to be taught by a professor named Juan Manuel Rozas. Sadly, he passed away in 1987. Ada Salas entered a poetry competition created in his memory. She won this important award in 1988.

Awards and Prizes

Ada Salas has won several important awards for her writing. These awards celebrate her skill as a poet and essayist.

• 1988: She won the "Juan Manuel Rozas" Poetry Prize for her work Arte y memoria del inocente.
• 1994: Her book Variaciones en blanco received the Hiperión Prize.
• 2007: Esto no es el silencio won the Ricardo Molina – Ciudad de Córdoba prize.
• 2011: She received the Fernando Pérez Essay Prize for El margen, el error, la tachadura. Notas acerca de la escritura poética.

Her Published Works

Ada Salas has written many books of poetry and essays. She has also helped translate books from other languages.

• Arte y memoria del inocente (1988)
• Variaciones en blanco (1994)
• La sed (1997)
• Lugar de la derrota (2003)
• Noticia de la luz
• Escuela de Arte de Mérida (a prose work)
• Alguien aquí. Notas acerca de la escritura poética
• Esto no es el silencio
• No duerme el animal (2009) (a collection of her poems)
• Ashes to Ashes (2010)
• Limbo y otros poemas
• Diez mandamientos
• El margen, el error, la tachadura. Notas acerca de la escritura poética
• Descendimiento (2018)

Ada Salas also worked with Juan Abeleira to translate two works by the French writer Robert Desnos. These were A la Misericordia and Las tinieblas.

See also

In Spanish: Ada Salas para niños