Blanca Andreu facts for kids
Blanca Andreu (born August 4, 1959) is a famous Spanish poet. She was born in A Coruña, Spain.
Blanca Andreu grew up in a town called Orihuela. Her family still lives there. She went to school at El Colegio de Jesus-Maria de San Agustin. Later, she studied philology in Murcia. Philology is the study of language in written historical sources.
When she was 20, Blanca moved to Madrid. She didn't finish her studies formally. In Madrid, she met a writer named Francisco Umbral. He helped her meet other important writers and artists in the city.
In 1980, Blanca Andreu won a big award called the Premio Adonáis de Poesía. She won it for her book of poems, De una niña de provincias que se vino a vivir en un Chagall. Her writing style, which used a lot of surrealism, was seen as the start of a new period in poetry. Surrealism is an art style that mixes dreams and reality. Later, she tried to write in a different way, moving away from that surrealist style.
In 1985, she married a novelist named Juan Benet. After he passed away in 1993, Blanca moved to Alicante. Then she moved to A Coruña, where she lives now.
Awards She Won
Blanca Andreu has won several important awards for her writing:
- 1980: Premio Adonáis de Poesía
- 1981: Premio de Cuentos Gabriel Miró
- 1982: Premio Mundial de Poesía Mística, Fernando Rielo
- 1982: Premio Ícaro de Literatura
- 2001: Premio Internacional de Poesía Laureà Mela
Her Books
Here are some of the books Blanca Andreu has written:
- De una niña de provincias que se vino a vivir en un Chagall (1980)
- Báculo de Babel (1982)
- Capitán Elphistone (1988)
- El sueño oscuro (1994)
- La tierra transparente (2002)
See also
In Spanish: Blanca Andreu para niños
