Concha Zardoya

María Concepción Zardoya González, also known as Concha Zardoya, (14 November 1914 – 21 April 2004) was a Chilean poet and literary critic. During her career, she published nearly 40 poetry collections and won multiple literary awards.

Born in Chile, she moved to Spain at the age of 17 and lived through the Spanish Civil War. She wrote numerous essays, children's literature, screenplays, and a biography of the poet Miguel Hernández. Some of her stories were published under the pseudonym Concha de Salamanca.

Early life in Chile María Concepción Zardoya González was born on 14 November 1914, in Valparaíso, Chile to Concepción González Ortiz and Alfonso Zardoya Francés, She had both osteoporosis and asthma.

Emigration to Madrid In 1932, when Zardoya was 17 years old, her family emigrated to Spain.

Zardoya returned to school as a free student and earned a degree in modern philology in 1947. Her 1947 poetry collection Dominios del llanto was runner-up for the Premio Adonáis de Poesía. That same year she won the Boscán Poetry Prize for her poetry collection Debajo de la luz. A public library in Majadahonda is named for her.

Awards Premio Boscán de Poesía for Debajo de la luz (1955) Premio Fémina de Poesía for El corazón y la sombra (1975) Premio Café Marfil de Poesía for Ritos, cifras, y evasiones (1980) Premio Ópera Óptima for Manhattan y otras latitudes (1983) Premio Prometeo de Poesía for Altamor (1988)

Selected works Pájaros del Nuevo Mundo (1946) Dominios del llanto (1947) Los signos (1954) El desterrado ensueño (1955) Miguel Hernández. Vida y obra. Bibliografía. Antología (1955) El desterrado ensueño (1955) Mirar al cielo es tu condena (1957) La casa deshabitada (1959) Elegías (1961) Corral de vivos y muertos (1965) Hondo sur (1968) Poesía española del siglo XX (1974) El corazón y la sombra (1977) Manhattan y otras latitudes (1983) Retorno a Magerit (1983) En la isla de Pascua (1985) Ritos, cifras, y evasiones (1985) No llega a ser ceniza lo que arde (1985) Altamor (1986) Retorno a Magerit (1986) Cuentos sin edad (1989) Patrimonio de ciegos (1992) Caramurú y la anaconda (1992) El don de la simiente (1993) Sintonimias del adiós (2002) Alrededores míos (2003) Ronda del arco iris (2004)