Concha Castroviejo
Person - Castroviejo, Concha (1913-1995)

Castroviejo, Concha (1913-1995)

Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Castroviejo, Concha (1913-1995)Other forms

Fechas de existencia:

Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña, España)  1913 - Madrid (España)  1995

History:

Spanish writer and journalist. Daughter of the professor at the University of Santiago Amando Castroviejo and sister of the poet and writer José María de Castroviejo, Concha began her studies in French schools. When her father died, who was opposed to her following with a university degree, Concha Castroviejo studied high school and finished Philosophy and Literature at the University of Santiago. Before the beginning of the Civil War, she got married with Joaquín Seijo, a notable university student from Compostela, with whom she went into exile to Mexico in 1939.

By the end of the forties she went back to Spain and began to work as a journalist at the newspaper La Noche, of Santiago de Compostela, where she made the pseudonym Asela really popular. Later she graduated as a journalist and began to work at the diary newspaper Informaciones and at La Hoja del Lunes, of Madrid, where she was distinguished by her literary chronicles. His career as a journalist concluded at the agency Efe.

Exiled Spanish writer and journalist. Daughter of the University of Santiago professor Armando Castroviejo and sister of the poet and writer José María Castroviejo. Concha studied her first school years in French school. When her father, who was against her wish to study at university, passed away, Concha Castroviejo studied her baccalaureate and graduated in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Santiago. Before starting the Spanish Civil War, she married Joaquín Seijo, a renown university student from Santiago de Compostela, with whom she went into exile to Mexico in 1939. At the end of the 50s she returned to Spain and started working as a journalist for the La Noche journal, of Santiago de Compostela, where she became known behind the pseudonym Asela. Later on, she graduated in Journalism and started working in the Informaciones diary and Hoja del Lunes, in Madrid, where she became known for her literary chronicles. Her career as a journalist concluded in the Efe agency.

Occupations

Places

México in 1939

Lugar de Nacimiento:

Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña, España) in 1913

Lugar de Defunción:

Madrid (España) in 1995

Subjects

sexo:

Mujer

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Exiliados

Sources

AGA, 52,13916 : Expediente personal del Registro Oficial de Periodistas (número exp. 2.121).

Related Authorities

Family relationships :

Seijo Alonso, Joaquín (1913-1958)  - Marriage (Esta casado/a con)

Castroviejo, José María (1909-1983)  - Collateral (Es hermano/a de)

Castroviejo Nobajas, Amando (1874-1934)  - Descendant (Es hijo/a de)

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External Links

Exiliados en México - Ficha de Castroviejo Seijo, Concepción:

Portal de Movimientos Migratorios Iberoamericanos - Micrositio de PARES

Exiliados en México - Ficha de Castroviejo de Seijo, Concepción:

Portal de Movimientos Migratorios Iberoamericanos - Micrositio de PARES

Fichero de Autoridades:

Biblioteca Nacional de España

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