Matilde Elena López
Illustration — Inspired by the thought of Alberto Masferer. A pioneer of the Salvadoran essay, she is considered one of the figures of the Central American intelligentsia of the 20th century, she developed extensive literary work in favor of women's rights. Matilde Elena López (20 February 1919 – 11 March 2010) was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic.
Also recorded as Matilde Elena Lopez
Matilde Elena López
- Born
- 1919 · San Salvador.
- Died
- 2010 · San Salvador.
- Nationality
- El Salvador
- Occupation
- poet · essayist · writer · literary critic
- Fields
- essay
- Education
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala · Central University of Ecuador
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Inspired by the thought of Alberto Masferer. A pioneer of the Salvadoran essay, she is considered one of the figures of the Central American intelligentsia of the 20th century, she developed extensive literary work in favor of women's rights. Matilde Elena López (20 February 1919 – 11 March 2010) was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic.
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Central University of Ecuador
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DR. FERNANDO SEMPERTEGUI
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San Salvador
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San Salvador
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Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Gómez Carrillo, Agustín ( 10 January 1907 ). " Un juicio criminal ". La Locomotora .
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Her most important works include “Masferrer, alto pensador de Centro América”, “Cartas a Grosa” and “La balada de Anastasio Aquino”. During the 1940s she was part of the League of Anti-Fascist Writers, a group of young writers with leftist ideas. In April 1944, she participated in the popular movement that sought to overthrow the government of dictator Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. She studied at the University of San Carlos de Guatemala and the Universidad Central del Ecuador, and at from latter University she received a doctorate degree in philosophy. In 1958 she joined the University of El Salvador where she worked as professor, director of the Department of Arts and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. She has also taught at the Universidad Centroamericana "Jose Simeon Cañas". Her 1978 play, The Ballad of Anastasio Aquino is dedicated to the Salvadoran indigenous leader Anastasio Aquino. From 1997 until her death she was a member of the Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua.
• Masferrer, alto pensador de Centroamérica (essay, 1954), • Interpretación social del arte (essay, 1965), • Dante, poeta y ciudadano del futuro (essay, 1965), • Estudio-prólogo a las Obras escogidas de Alberto Masferrer (1971), • Estudio-prólogo a las Obras escogidas de Claudia Lars (1973), • Estudios sobre poesía (essay, 1973), • La balada de Anastasio Aquino (play, 1978), • Los sollozos oscuros (poetry, 1982), • El verbo amar (poetry, 1997) • Ensayos literarios (1998).
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1919
Matilde Elena López born at San Salvador.
2010
Matilde Elena López died at San Salvador.
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- 1.Muere dramaturga Matilde Elena López.
- 2."La ruptura viene en la poesia, especialmente a partir de 1956, y sobre todo con Roque Datton". Entrevista con la doctora Matilde Elena Lopez.
- 3.Entrevista póstuma a Matilde Elena López (1919-2010).
- 4.Entrevista póstuma a Matilde Elena López (1919-2010), a cinco años de su muerte.
- 5.Matilde Elena López: Entre la Intelectualidad, la Política y la Academia.
- 6.La Doctora.
- 7.Desarrollo literario de El Salvador.
- 8.Decreto N° 38 de 2003 [Asamblea Legislativa].
- 9.Entrevista póstuma a Matilde Elena López (1919-2010), a cinco años de su muerte.
- 10.Fundación AccesArte. Literatura: Análisis de situación de la expresión artística en El Salvador.
- 11.En el VII Centenario. Dante, poeta y ciudadano del futuro.
- 12.Poemas de Matilde Elena López.
- 13.La balada de Anastasio Aquino.
- 14.Los sollozos oscuros.
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