Person
Méndez, Concha (1898-1986)Other forms
Madrid (España) 1898-07-27 - México 1986-12-07
Spanish writer and member of the Generation of '27 that exiled in Mexico after the Spanish Civil War. Daughter of Pascual Méndez and Luisa Cuesta. She made her basic studies in a French school and was granted a scholarship from the "Centro de Estudios Históricos" of Madrid. She soon developed a great sports ability (gymnastics and swimming). She married Manuel Altolaguirre and had a daughter named Isabel Paloma Altolaguirre Méndez. She usually visited the "Residencia de Estudiantes" and was friend of Luis Buñuel, Maruja Mallo, Luis Cernuda, Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Jorge Guillén, Unamuno, Pedro Salinas, Guillermo de Torre, Consuelo Berges, Alfonsina Storni and Paul Éluard. Her first published work was "Inquietudes" (1926), followed by "Surtidor" (1928) and "Canciones de mar y tierra" (1930). Her desire for freedom took her to live in different cities like London, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. She founded a printing house called "La Verónica" and was knwon for her large literary activity. She exiled in La Habana and Mexico.
Date of the event: 1936 - 1939
Description: Expedición que sale de Cuba y llega a Mérida (México).
Date of the event: 1943-03-15
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Balló, Tània. Las sinsombrero: sin ellas, la historia no está completa. Barcelona: Espasa. 2016. 301 páginas. ISBN: 978-84-670-4603-8.
Méndez, Concha. Mantecón de Souto, Matilde. Proyecto de Historia Oral "Refugiados Españoles en México", Archivo de la Palabra, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), México : entrevista realizada a la señora Concha Méndez. por Matilde Mantecón de Souto [para el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia de México En Colaboración Con el Ministerio de Cultura de España]. [s.L.: S.N.]: 1978]. 83 P..
Pla Brugat, Dolores. Catálogo del fondo de historia oral : refugiados españoles en México : Archivo de la Palabra. 1ª ed.. Dolores Pla Brugat (coordinadora). México D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 2011. 1 CD-ROM. 978-607-484-184-8.
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