Dora Alonso

Dora Alonso

Dora Alonso , actually Doralina de la Caridad Alonso Pérez (born December 22, 1910 in Matanzas , † March 21, 2001 in Havana ), was a Cuban journalist and writer.

Life

Alonso was a daughter of David Alonso Fernández and his wife Adela Pérez de Corcho Rodríguez. After first attempts at writing during her school days, she became a member of the editorial board of the newspaper "Prensa Libre" in 1933. Politically interested and committed, she joined the anti-imperialist organization Joven Cuba in 1934 . a. also the acquaintance with Constantino Barredo Guerra .

During this time Alonso began to write for various radio stations and from this time onwards she also wrote her first children's books. Later her two novels "Tierra brava" and "Soy el Batey" were filmed.

At the age of 91, Dora Alonso died on March 21, 2001 in Havana, where she also found her final resting place.

Honors

• Premio Casa de la Américas for the novel "Tierra Inerme"

Works

Children's books

• El caballito enano .
• La flauta de chocolate . Editorial Gente Nueva, Havana 1980.
• El grillo caminante . Editorial Gente Nueva, Havana 1981.

Novels

• Soy el Batey. novela .
• Tierra brava. Novela .
• Tierra Inerme. Novela .

Plays

• Doñita Abeja y Doñita Bella . Editorial Gente Nueva, Havana 1976.
• Espantajo y los pájaros . Consejo Nacional de Cultura, Havana 1966.
• Pelusin del monte . Editorial Gente Nueva, Havana 1975.

literature

• Concepción T. Alzola: Cuentistica de Dora Alonso . In: Unión , Vol. 1 (1962), No. 2, pp. 89-106.
• Hans-Otto Düll (Ed.): 39 Cuban storytellers . Verlag Volk & Welt, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-353-00206-5 (explorations; 2).
• Alga M. Elizagaray: Dora Alonso. Por el reino de la fantasia . In: Bohemia , Vol. 68 (1976), No. 37, pp. 10-13.
• Omar Perdomo: Aproximación bibliografíca a la obra Dora Alonso . In: Revista de literatura cubana , Vol. 5 (1987), No. 8, pp. 85-97.

Web links

• Dora Alonso in the Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)