Pureza Canelo

Pureza Canelo Gutiérrez (Moraleja, Cáceres, 1946) is a Spanish poet and cultural ambassador. She won the Adonais Prize for Poetry in 1970 for Lugar común.

Biography

Canelo was born on 9 December 1946 in Moraleja, Spain. She has three older siblings. She spent her childhood and adolescence in the rural town of Moraleja, then moved to Madrid to study education.

In 1960, she won the Adonais Prize for her work Lugar común; beginning in 1990, she was part of the jury that awarded it. In 1975, she obtained a creative writing scholarship from the Fundación Juan March.

2013. Oeste

2018. Retirada

2019. Habitable. (Antología poética, 1971-2018). José Teruel edition.

2020. Palabra naturaleza. Author's edition.

2022. De traslación.

Prizes and awards

1970, Adonáis for Lugar común. 1980, Juan Ramón Jiménez del Instituto del Libro Español. 1999, Ciudad de Salamanca for No escribir. 2008, Medalla de Extremadura. 2009, Francisco de Quevedo for Dulce nadie.