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Ángela Figuera Aymerich (October 30, 1902 in Bilbao – April 2, 1984 in Madrid) was a Basque and Spanish poet and writer.[1]

Ángela Figuera Aymerich
Born(1902-10-30)October 30, 1902
Bilbao, Spain
DiedApril 2, 1984(1984-04-02) (aged 81)
Madrid, Spain
GenrePoetry
SpouseJulio Figuera
ChildrenJuan Ramón Figuera

Early years


Angela was born in Bilbao, Spain into a middle class family, but due to her mother's poor health, Figuera spent much of her childhood raising her eight younger siblings. She attended primary school and went on to secondary school as one of five girls among one hundred boys. Despite her father's resistance, she studied literature at University in Valladolid.[2][3]

After her father's death in 1930, Figuera, her mother and the family moved from Bilbao to Madrid. Figuera went on to the University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy and humanities and then passed the official exams to earn a permanent teaching position as Professor of Language and Literature at the Institutes of Huelvaat.[1][4]

In 1932, she married Julio Figuera (d.1994), who would be her lifelong companion. Sadly, in 1935 she gave birth to a child who died at birth when extracted with forceps. Their second child, Juan Ramón, was born in Madrid during the war.[3]


Civil War


The Spanish Civil War was devastating to Figuera who lost her teaching position in 1936 because of her sympathies with Republican dissidents. Meanwhile, her husband enlisted in the Republican militias. She lamented the atmosphere of hate, retribution and injustice that became widespread in Spain during that time.[5]

With the end of hostilities, she found employment at the National Library of Madrid.[4]


Later years


Figuera spurned the ideals of pure poetry and was the same age as members of the poetry group known as Generation of 1927 and should have been counted among them.[1] Instead, because she did not publish until later in life, in 1948 (at about 46 years of age), she was considered a senior member of the Generation of 1936, a later group of poets.[5]

Ángela died in Madrid on April 2, 1984, at 84 years of age. With her passing, her husband Julio began his life-long campaign to keep her work from being forgotten. Because of his insistence, in 1986, Hiperión published the first edition of the Complete Works of Ángela Figuera Aymerich.[3]

She continued to write "using humble words to write on issues that are still serious today: she wrote about injustices, about freedom in the twentieth century, about freedom crushed a thousand times, about the child who died at birth, and also about women's equality and rights," said Juan Mari Aburto, the mayor of Bilbao, at a dedication held at the Ángela Figuera Institute in 2018.[6]

She has been remembered by author Jose Ramón Zabala as "a real hinge between Basque and Madrid cultural circles."[3]


Selected works


Here is some of her published work. More can be found online.[4]


References


  1. Pérez, Janet; Ihrie, Maureen (2002). The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature: A-M. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-0-313-32444-4.
  2. Wilcox, John C. (1993). "Angela Figuera Aymerich". In Gould Levine, Linda; Engelson Marson, Ellen; Feiman Waldman, Gloria (eds.). Spanish Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book (1 ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780313268236.
  3. "Guía de lectura de Ángela Figuera Aymerich". angelafigueraaymerich.gipuzkoakultura.net. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  4. "Ángela Figuera Aymerich". www.amediavoz.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  5. Wright, Eleanor (1986). The Poetry of Protest Under Franco. Tamesis Books. pp. 154–. ISBN 978-0-7293-0210-4.
  6. "Berriak - IES Angela Figuera BHI". www.angelafiguerainstitutua.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.

Bibliography



На других языках

- [en] Ángela Figuera Aymerich

[es] Ángela Figuera Aymerich

Ángela Figuera (Bilbao, 30 de octubre de 1902 - Madrid, 2 de abril de 1984) fue una escritora española, representante de la denominada poesía desarraigada de la Primera Generación de Postguerra española.

[fr] Ángela Figuera Aymerich

Ángela Figuera née à Bilbao en 1902 et morte à Madrid en 1984 est une écrivaine basque et républicaine espagnole, membre de la Génération de 36.


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