author
Concha Espina
1869–1955
Celebrated for vivid regional novels and a strong, independent literary career, this Spanish writer brought rural landscapes and everyday struggles to life with unusual warmth and detail. Her work moved across fiction, poetry, journalism, and theater, and several of her novels later reached the screen.
8 Audiobooks
Agua de Nieve (Novela)
by Concha Espina
La Niña de Luzmela
by Concha Espina
Despertar Para Morir (Novela)
by Concha Espina
La voz de la conseja, t.2 Selección de las mejores novelas breves y cuentos de los más esclarecidos literatos
by Joaquín Álvarez Quintero, Serafín Álvarez Quintero, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José Echegaray, Concha Espina, Wenceslao Fernández-Flórez, Gutiérrez Gamero, Antonio de Hoyos y Vinent, J. (José) Ortega Munilla, Alvaro Retana, Diego San José, Bernardo Morales San Martín, Felipe Trigo
Ruecas de Marfil (Novelas)
by Concha Espina
Dulce Nombre (Novela)
by Concha Espina
La Esfinge Maragata: Novela
by Concha Espina
El Jayón: Drama en tres actos
by Concha Espina
About the author
Born in Santander on April 15, 1869, Concha Espina became one of the notable voices of modern Spanish literature. Instituto Cervantes notes that she married Ramón de la Serna, lived for a time in Chile, and began publishing in local newspapers there before building her career back in Spain.
She is especially remembered for novels such as La niña de Luzmela, La esfinge maragata, and Altar mayor, along with work in poetry, short fiction, journalism, and theater. Britannica describes her as one of the first Spanish women to support herself entirely through her writing, and highlights the great popularity she enjoyed in her lifetime.
Her fiction is often associated with richly observed settings and close attention to the people and customs of particular regions of Spain. She died in Madrid on May 19, 1955, leaving behind a body of work that helped secure her place in 20th-century Spanish letters.