Elena Fortun is the pseudonym the writer born in 1886 and died in 1952 Incarnation Aragoneses Urquijo. Author of numerous books for children and youth, no doubt his name is associated with the character that probably has given him fame, Celia. lived much of his life in Madrid , staying in the Canary Islands, Zaragoza, France and Argentina among others. Studio Arts in Madrid y caso con un escritor republicano que hubo de exiliarse tras la Guerra Civil, suicidándose en 1948. Ella misma siempre se consideró republicana y feminista.
Publicó fundamentalmente en revistas como B lanco y Negro, Crónica y Semana y creó personajes como la ya mencionada Celia, Cuchifritín (hermano de Celia), el profesor Bismuto... Asimismo escribió narraciones cortas.
El personaje de Celia, una niña madrileña que se enfrenta al mundo de los adultos, viviendo numerosas aventuras y metiéndose en muchos líos , protagoniza toda una serie de novelas:
- Celia, lo says (1929)
- Celia at school
-
novelist Celia - Celia in the world
- Celia and her friends
- madrecita
Celia - Celia American governess
- Celia marries
- Celia in the revolution (published posthumously)
Throughout these books, written between 30 and 40, enjoying a great reception from the public, witnessing the life of a Celia grows, from 7 years of age to become a wife.
For editions, I guess I have been reprinted recently, but I have, in Alianza Editorial, several volumes published in 1992 in a beautiful edition with black and white illustrations by Molina Gallent and already in the volume in which Celia is bigger, L. Butler.
was also carried out in 1992 a for the small screen adaptation of several books , directed by José Luis Borau and Cristina Cruz Mínguez in the title role.
Here's a snippet of this series that is easily reachable on DVD (produced by RTVE):
Publicó fundamentalmente en revistas como B lanco y Negro, Crónica y Semana y creó personajes como la ya mencionada Celia, Cuchifritín (hermano de Celia), el profesor Bismuto... Asimismo escribió narraciones cortas.
El personaje de Celia, una niña madrileña que se enfrenta al mundo de los adultos, viviendo numerosas aventuras y metiéndose en muchos líos , protagoniza toda una serie de novelas:
- Celia, lo says (1929)
- Celia at school
-
novelist Celia - Celia in the world
- Celia and her friends
- madrecita
Celia - Celia American governess
- Celia marries
- Celia in the revolution (published posthumously)
Throughout these books, written between 30 and 40, enjoying a great reception from the public, witnessing the life of a Celia grows, from 7 years of age to become a wife.
For editions, I guess I have been reprinted recently, but I have, in Alianza Editorial, several volumes published in 1992 in a beautiful edition with black and white illustrations by Molina Gallent and already in the volume in which Celia is bigger, L. Butler.
was also carried out in 1992 a for the small screen adaptation of several books , directed by José Luis Borau and Cristina Cruz Mínguez in the title role.
Here's a snippet of this series that is easily reachable on DVD (produced by RTVE):
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