María Dolores Pérez Enciso
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María Dolores Pérez Enciso (1908 in Almería
, Andalusia
, Spain
– 1949 in Mexico City
) was a writer and journalist.
She began her studies of education in Almería and then in Barcelona
. After a brief marriage to Francisco del Olmo, she joined the Communist Party
and during the Spanish Civil War
she acted as Delegate of the Republic. After the end of the civil war, she relocated with her daughter to Colombia because of World War II
, then in Cuba and finally in Mexico where she joined the thousands of scientists, artists and intellectuals that arrived the previous years.
In Mexico she wrote for the magazine Paquita del Jueves and for the newspaper El Nacional. She reunited with another Andalusian writer, Mercedes Rull, who she had met in Cuba.
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
, Andalusia
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
, Spain
Spain
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– 1949 in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
) was a writer and journalist.
She began her studies of education in Almería and then in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. After a brief marriage to Francisco del Olmo, she joined the Communist Party
Communist party
A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...
and during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
she acted as Delegate of the Republic. After the end of the civil war, she relocated with her daughter to Colombia because of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, then in Cuba and finally in Mexico where she joined the thousands of scientists, artists and intellectuals that arrived the previous years.
In Mexico she wrote for the magazine Paquita del Jueves and for the newspaper El Nacional. She reunited with another Andalusian writer, Mercedes Rull, who she had met in Cuba.
Publications
- Treinta estampas de la guerra (1941)
- Un recuerdo del horror con unas palabras (1942)
- IsabelleBlume (1942)
- Cristal de las horas (1942)
- Raíz al viento (1947)