María Esther García López

María Esther García López (born, 8 December 1948, La Degollada, Valdés, Asturias) is a poet and writer in Asturian and Spanish. She is the president of the Asociación de Escritores de Asturias (Asturias Writers Association).

She graduated in pedagogy. She is a teacher and expert in Asturian philology. García is a corresponding member of Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. She served as professor at Universidá Asturiana de Branu (UABRA) for 25 years. She also participated as a jury member in numerous literary competitions and poetry recitals.

Awards and honours 2005, Tribute in Luarca from the “Valdés Siglo XXI” Women's Association for her work as a writer and researcher and for her work around the recovery of Asturian language and culture and the defense of women's rights. 2007, Uviéu Poetry Prize, in its first edition, with the poetry book Pisadas. 2007, Winner of the Fernández Lema short story award with the story "Performance". 2007, “Xosé Álvarez” Award for a short story organized by the Asturian Center of Madrid. 2007, “Bronze Grouse”, an award given by the Asturianu Center in Madrid. 2009, Prize "León Delestal" Asturian Center of Madrid with the story The wedding. 2015, Third Prize for poetry "Andén" on the occasion of International Women's Day. 2015, "Friend of the Joaquín Rodríguez de Ḷḷuarca Library" Award. 2015, “Vaqueira de Honor” from the Vaqueiro and Vaqueirada Festival. 2015, "Timón" Award for her literary career. 2017, The Valdés Town Hall dedicates the Ḷḷibru de Ḷḷuarca Day to him. 2017, Poetisa del Alba for Alborada de Candás.

Selected works

El Tatuaxe, 1998 Ḷḷuribaga, 2003 Zamparrampa: Poemas pa nenos ya nenas, 2004 Tiempu d'iviernu, 2005 Aventures del Quixote, 2005 Historias de Vida ya señas de muerte, 2006 Faraguyas, 2007 Pisadas, 2008 La maestra, 2008 Musical-landia, 2008 Performance, 2009 Menú de Versos, 2009 Deva y El Pitín, 2010 A la gueta l'amor, 2010 Alredor de la Quintana: Animales y otros bichos, 2013 Quiero ser Arcu Iris, 2014 Yo taba ellí, 2015 Yo estaba allí, 2016 Deva, Flor de Primvera, 2017 Leo, 2018 Haikusnora, 2019 El color de los días, 2019 La bruja en la Biblioteca, 2019 A veces el amor es azul, 2020