Fina de Calderón
{{Short description|Spanish writer, poet and musician (1927–2010)}}
Fina de Calderón (August 21, 1927 Madrid- January 12, 2010 Madrid) was a Spanish writer, poet, songwriter, and musician.{{cite news| url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Fallece/Madrid/poeta/Fina/Calderon/elpepucul/20100112elpepucul_1/Tes| title = Fallece en Madrid la poeta Fina de Calderón {{!}} Cultura {{!}} EL PAÍS| newspaper = El País| date = 12 January 2010}} {{Cite web|url=http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/20100113/cultura/muere-anos-poeta-compositora-20100113.html|title = Muere a los 82 años la poeta y compositora Fina de Calderón|date = 13 January 2010}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/2010011912417/infanta-elena/funeral/fina-calderon/|title = La infanta Elena acude al funeral de Fina de Calderón|date = 19 January 2010}}{{cite web | url=http://www.insercionsocial.com/envejecimiento-activo/madrid-rinde-un-homenaje-a-fina-de-calderon-en-su-noventa-cumpleanos/ | title=Actualidad }}
Her song "Caracola" ("Conch") was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, performed by Los TNT.{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfuBF7fOnyoC&q=fina+de+calderon&pg=PA38| title=Eurovision Song Contest – The Complete & Independent Guide 2010 | author= Simon Barclay| date=17 June 2010 | publisher= Simon Barclay| isbn= 978-1-4457-8415-1 }}
Life
She grew up in France.
As a youth, she studied violin and composed her first poems.
She moved to Toledo, and was owner of Cigarral del Ángel.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/libros/20100112/53868533534/fallece-la-poeta-fina-de-calderon.html|title = Fallece la poeta Fina de Calderón|date = 12 January 2010}}
Family
She married Fernando Calderon Gutierrez, Marquis of Mozobamba del Pozo, and they had three children, José Rafael, Mariola and Giovanna.
Works
- Fuego, grito, luna (Fire, cry, moon), (theater)
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AVSR5ZzTQcC&q=fina+de+calderon&pg=PA8| title=Los pasos que no regresan| publisher=Huerga Y Fierro Editores| year= 2004| isbn= 978-84-8374-473-4}} (The steps do not come back)'' (Memoir)
=Poetry=
- La cicatriz de arena (The scar of sand) (poetry)
- Pluriels (Plurales) Fugger Libros, SIAL Ediciones, 2006, {{ISBN|978-84-96464-18-6}} (poems bilingual French / Spanish){{Cite web|url=http://www.arteshoy.com/news-20060205-11.html|title=ArtesHoy - Fina de Calderón: Pluriels}}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5uSGHAEycMC&q=fina+de+calderon| title=Canciones infantiles | others=Illustrator Alain Durand| publisher= Ediciones de la Torre| year= 2007| isbn= 978-84-7960-382-3}}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBXeV2wN1lAC&q=fina+de+calderon| title=La sed que dura| publisher=Huerga Y Fierro Editores| year= 2002| isbn=978-84-8374-365-2 }}
- {{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Qwq0RLZSH20C&q=fina+de+calderon| title=Glorieta de la melancolía| publisher= Huerga Y Fierro Editores| year= 1998| isbn=978-84-8374-040-8 }}
- {{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vixhFFo6M7QC&q=fina+de+calderon| title=Vencejos, aunque ruiseñores | publisher= Ediciones de la Torre| year= 1994| isbn= 978-84-7960-072-3 }}
=Songs=
- "En Roma (Rome)"
- "La otra mitad (The other half)"
- "Pouvoir" (song by Édith Piaf)
- "Nous de Paris" (song by Maurice Chevalier)
- "Caracola (Conch)"
- "Primer plano (Foreground)" (song by Víctor Manuel in 1966)
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DhMRWsKQlJAC&q=fina+de+calderon| title=Mis Canciones Festivaleras de los años 60 | publisher= Ediciones de la Torre| year= 2007| isbn=978-84-7960-383-0}} (My festival-goers songs of the 60's)"
=Dances=
- Cancela (ballet)
- El Greco (ballet)
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Category:Spanish women songwriters