Dulce Chacón

Dulce Chacón (born June 3, 1954 in Zafra , Badajoz province , † December 3, 2003 in Madrid ) was a Spanish writer.

Although she came from a conservative family, she later followed more leftist ideals. So she tried to bring the archives of the executions under General Franco into the public consciousness and stood against the Iraq war.

Her father died when she was twelve years old. The mother moved the family to Madrid, and Dulce Chacón attended boarding school with her twin sister. In order to escape these changes in her life, she began writing poetry. During her youth she read Paul Celan , Rainer Maria Rilke , César Vallejo and José Angel Valente ; these authors had a profound influence on their personal style.

In October 2003, Dulce Chacón was diagnosed with advanced cancer. She died on December 3 of the same year, leaving behind her husband and two sons.

Honors and prizes

1995: Premio de Poesía Ciudad de Irún for Contra el desprestigio de la altura
2000: XXIV Premio Azorín for Cielos de barro
2002: Premio Libro del Año 2002 for La voz Dormida

Works

Poetry

Querrán ponerle nombre . 1992.
Las palabras de la piedra . 1993.
Contra el desprestigio de la altura . 1995.
Matar al ángel . 1999.
Cuatro gotas . 2003.

Novels

Algún amor que no mate . 1996.
Blanca vuela mañana .
Háblame, musa, de aquel varón . 1998.
Cielos de barro . (Eng .: Fandango in the snow . 2004). 2000, ISBN 978-3-404-92229-1 .
La voz dormida . 2002.

theatre

Algún amor que no mate .
Segunda mano . 1998.

Short stories

Te querré hasta la muerte . 2003, pp. 61-64. Cuentos

Web links

Literature by and about Dulce Chacón in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature by and about Dulce Chacón in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin

personal data
SURNAME	Chacón, Dulce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish writer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 3, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zafra , Badajoz Province
DATE OF DEATH	December 3, 2003
Place of death	Madrid