María Luz Morales


María Luz Morales Godoy was a pioneering Spanish cultural journalist and writer of the 20th century.
She was the first woman in Spain to direct a national newspaper, La Vanguardia, which she managed during the period of 1936 and 1937 at the beginning of the Guerra Civil Española.
In 1939, she was detained for 40 days and was professionally unable to work because of Francoism. With the retorno de la democracia, she continued her work, collaborating with Diario de Barcelona until her death, at the age of 91.
She was instrumental in the incorporation of women for journalistic and literary activity in España del siglo XX.

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Selected works

Parientes y trastos viejos Trovas de otros tiempos, 1928Libros, mujeres y niños, 1928Las románticas, 1930Edison, 1934Romance de media noche, 1935Julio César, 1936Madame Curie, 1936Alejandro Magno, 1936Alguien a quien conocí, 1937Tres historias de amor en la Revolución francesa, 1942María Antonieta, 1943El mundo de las hormigas, 1948El Cine: historia ilustrada del séptimo arte, 1950Hazañas del Cid, 1951., Enciclopedia del hogar, 1952Rosalinda en la ventana, 1954Balcón al Atlántico: , 1955Balcón al Mediterráneo, 1955Historias del décimo círculo, 1962Libro de oro de la poesía en lengua castellana, 1970