Teresa Espasa facts for kids

Teresa Espasa (2014)

María Teresa Espasa Moltó is a talented writer from Spain. She is a poet, an essayist, and a professor. Teresa was born in Dénia, a town in Alicante, around the middle of the 1900s. She is famous for her lively writing style. She shared her ideas on a talk show called "La Buhardilla" and through a magazine named Corondel.

Exploring Her Books

Teresa Espasa has written many books, mostly poetry. Her poems often explore deep feelings and ideas. Here are some of her well-known works:

• A través del silencio (Through Silence) (1978)
• Desierto articulado (Articulated Desert) (1992)
• El bazar de los insomnios (The Bazaar of Insomnias) (1994)
• El gesto habitual de la torpeza (The Usual Gesture of Clumsiness) (1997)
• Cuando puedas llama (Call When You Can) (1999) – This book won an award!
• Aquellos días perdidos (Those Lost Days) (2002)
• Poemas de Nueva York (Poems of New York) (2005)
• Diario de sombras (Diary of Shadows) (2006)
• Tiempo para el recuerdo (Time for Remembering) (2011)
• El congreso (The Congress) (2012) – This book also won an award!
• Tanto y tanto silencio. Antología poética (So Much Silence. Poetic Anthology) (2014) – This is a collection of her best poems.

Featured in Collections

Teresa's poems have also appeared in many special collections with other writers. These collections are called anthologies. Being included in an anthology shows that her work is highly valued. Some of these include:

• Las flores idílicas (Idyllic Flowers) (1998)
• Partida de Damas (Ladies' Game) (1999)
• Antología Grupo Poético Corondel (Corondel Poetic Group Anthology) (2000)
• El rapto de Europa (The Abduction of Europa) (2004)
• Caminos de la palabra. De Max Aub al Quijote (Paths of the Word. From Max Aub to Don Quijote) (2005)
• Mapa. 30 Poetas valencianos en la democracia (Map. 30 Valencian Poets in Democracy) (2009)
• Trato Preferente. Voces esenciales de la poesía actual en español (Preferential Treatment. Essential Voices of Current Poetry in Spanish) (2010)
• Latidos contra la violencia de género (Heartbeats Against Gender Violence) (2012)

Awards and Recognition

Teresa Espasa has received several important awards for her writing:

• Premio Vila de Mislata (1999): This award was for her book Cuando puedas llama.
• XI Premio de Poesía Leonor de Córdoba (2012): She won this for her book El congreso.
• Premio de la Asociación Valenciana de Escritores y Críticos Literarios (CLAVE) (2015): This special award recognized her entire career as a poet. It means her work has made a big impact over many years.

See also

In Spanish: Teresa Espasa para niños