María Victoria Moreno


María Victoria Moreno Márquez was a Spanish writer and teacher. She was one of the pioneers of literature for children and young people in Galician. The Day of Galician Literature was devoted to her on 17 May 2018.

Life

Born in a town bordering Portugal, she was the daughter of a lawyer and a teacher, studied in Barcelona and graduated in Romance Studies from the University of Madrid, where she was taught by Rafael Lapesa and Dámaso Alonso. After spending two years in Lugo and some time in Vilalonga, where she began to write Anagnórise, she arrived in Pontevedra in 1963 as a teacher and taught at the IES Valle-Inclán and the IES Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.
She actively participated in the cultural and political life of Pontevedra. Her fascination from a very young age with Galicia and its language led to an absolute commitment to the defence and promotion of Galician.

Works

In Galician

; Children's literatureMar adiante, Sada, Ediciós do Castro, 1973.A festa no faiado, Vigo, Galaxia, 1983.A brétema, Vigo, Galaxia, 1985.Leonardo e os fontaneiros, Vigo, Galaxia-SM, 1986. 3º Barco de Vapor Award.Anagnórise, Vigo, Galaxia, 1988. Also in Biblioteca Galega 120.O cataventos, Santiago de Compostela, Sotelo Blanco Edicións, 1989.¿Un cachiño de bica?, Vigo, SM, 1994.¿E haberá tirón de orellas?, Vigo, Galaxia, 1997.Guedellas de seda e liño, Vigo, Galaxia, 1999.Eu conto, ti cantas, Vigo, Edicións Xerais de Galicia, 2005.O amor e as palabras, Urco Editora, 2017.
; EssaysAs linguas de España, Santiago, Colección Andel n.º 9, Xunta de Galicia, 1991.Verso e prosa, Santiago, Colección Andel n.º 15, Xunta de Galicia, 1991.Diario da luz e a sombra, Vigo, Xerais, 2004.
; Narrative
  • Querida avoa, Vigo, Contos do Castromil, 1992.
; PoemsElexías de luz, Vigo, Xerais, 2006.
; Translations Mecanoscrito da segunda orixe, Manuel de Pedrolo, Vigo, Galaxia, 1989.
; Collective works
  • "O cataventos", in Contos pra nenos, Vigo, Galaxia, 1979.
  • "Comentarios de texto: descubrir a realidade", in Xornadas da Lingua Galega no Ensino, Santiago, Xunta, 1984.Literatura século XX. Iniciación universitaria, Vigo, Galaxia/SM, 1985. With Xesús Rábade Paredes.
  • "Nico e Miños", in 8 contos, Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia, 1989.
  • "Querida avoa", in Lerias, Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia, 1991.
  • "S.O.S.", in Contos de hogano, Santiago de Compostela, El Correo Gallego, 1992.
  • "O libro das saudades e os degoiros", in Ruta Rosalía 1993, Caixa Galicia. Santiago de Compostela, 1993.
  • "Pan con chocolate", in Relatos para un tempo novo, Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia, 1993.
  • "Discurso pronunciado por Xesús Alonso Montero no acto no que recibiu o Pedrón de Ouro", in Comentarios de textos populares e de masas, Vigo, Xerais, 1994.
  • "¿Escritora alófona eu?", in Poetas alófonos en lingua galega, Vigo, Galaxia, 1994.E dixo o corvo..., Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia, 1997.
  • "¡Xa non-teño medo!", in A maxia das palabras, Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia, 1998–1999.
  • "Amigos de mil cores", in Campaña de Lectura 2001, Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia, 2001.
  • "Carta de amor", in Carlos Casares: a semente aquecida da palabra, Santiago de Compostela, Consello da Cultura Galega, 2003.
  • "O encontro", in Un libro, a maior aventura, Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia, 2003.
  • "O grumete", in Contos de charlatáns, grumetes, botas e fendas, Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia, 2004.
; In magazines
  • "Estou a escribir a contrarreloxo". Interview with Xosé A. Neira Cruz, Fadamorgana. Santiago de Compostela, nº 3.

In Spanish

; Editions Os novísimos da poesía galega / Los novísimos de la poesía gallega, Madrid, Ediciones Akal, 1973.
; In magazines
  • "M.V.M., una profesora feliz de serlo". CLIJ: cuadernos de literatura infantil y juvenil : 48–50. 1992.
; NovelAlcores de Donalvar. 1969. In Galician: Onde o aire non era brisa, Galaxia, 2009.
; TranslationsEl perro Rin y el lobo Crispín, 1986.