Ada Salas facts for kids

Ada Salas (born in 1965) is a Spanish poet and writer. She is known for her unique poetry style, which often uses pauses. Ada Salas also worked as a teacher.

About Ada Salas

Ada Salas was born in Cáceres, Spain in 1965. She studied language and literature, earning a special degree called a doctorate from the University of Extremadura. Later, she taught in France at the University of Angers.

Ada Salas won an important award early in her career. It was named after Juan Manuel Rozas, who was supposed to be her teacher but passed away. She entered the competition in his memory and won in 1988.

Awards and Special Recognition

Ada Salas has received many awards for her writing:

• 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: Her essay El margen, el error, la tachadura. Notas acerca de la escritura poética won the Fernando Pérez Essay Prize.

Books by Ada Salas

Ada Salas has written many books of poetry and essays:

• 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 helped translate a book. With Juan Abeleira, she translated A la Misericordia y Las tinieblas by the French writer Robert Desnos.

See Also

In Spanish: Ada Salas para niños