María López Sández

She graduated from {{ill|IES Lucus Augusti|gl}} and obtained a degree in Hispanic, English and Galician-Portuguese Philology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USD). She received her doctorate in Literary theory and comparative literature from this university with the thesis, {{lang|gl|A descrición topográfica, o seu papel na construción dun imaxinario cultural no discurso literario galego ("Cantares gallegos", "Arredor de si" e o ciclo textual de "Tagen Ata").|italics=yes}} (Topographic description, its role in the construction of a cultural imaginary in the Galician literary discourse - "Cantares Galicians", "Arredor de si" and the textual cycle of "Tagen Ata") (2006).{{cite web |last1=López Sández |first1=María |title=A descrición topográfica: o seu papel na construción dun imaxinario cultural no discurso literario galego (Cantares gallegos, Arredor de si e o ciclo textual de Tagen Ata)|trans-title=The topographical description: its role in the construction of a cultural imaginary in the Galician literary discourse (Cantares Gallegos, Arredor de si and the textual cycle of Tagen Ata) |url=https://investigacion.usc.gal/documentos/5d1df66d29995204f766bb72 |website=investigacion.usc.gal |publisher=Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |access-date=1 September 2024 |date=2006}} She received the End of Education Career Award of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, and the National Award for Completion of University Studies in Philology.{{cite web |title=María López Sández |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519191215/http://www.poesiagalega.org/un_proxecto_do_gaap/maria_lopez_sandez/ |website=poesiagalega.org |via=web.archive.org |access-date=1 September 2024 |date=19 May 2011}}

Lopez taught in secondary education at {{ill|Centro público integrado|gl}} (CPI) Fonte Díaz, Touro, Spain and at {{ill|Instituto de Educación Secundaria|es}} (IES) {{ill|Xulián Magariños|gl}} in Negreira. She is also an associate professor at the USC Faculty of Education Sciences.{{cite web |title=Maria Lopez Sandez |url=https://www.usc.gal/en/department/applied-learning/directory/maria-lopez-sandez-24168 |website=www.usc.gal |publisher=Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |access-date=1 September 2024}} Her work as a researcher focuses on the relationship between Galician literature and landscape imagery and urban space, as well as the study of cartography as a semiotic of space.{{cite web |title=Galaxia de autores|trans-title=Galaxy of authors|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629033723/http://editorialgalaxia.es/autores/autor.php?id_autor=852 |website=editorialgalaxia.es |via=web.archive.org |access-date=1 September 2024 |date=29 June 2012}} She is the author of articles and studies on Rosalía de Castro, {{lang|gl|Rosalía e a paisaxe galega, Os efectos da aculturación en “El cadiceño” de Rosalía de Castro”|italics=yes}}. She has participated in international congresses with reports on Castro, {{lang|gl|O ensaio como subtexto na prosa de Rosalía de Castro, Cantares gallegos, novas perspectivas de análise|italics=yes}}.{{cite web |title=María López Sández |url=https://mar-maior.com/autoreas/maria-lopez-sandez/ |website=mar-maior.com |access-date=1 September 2024 |language=es-ES}}[6]

In 2022, she was elected an academic numerary of RAG. On March 11, 2023. She delivered her induction speech {{lang|gl|Onde abrolla o manancial: a paisaxe na raíz do ensaísmo galego|italics=yes}} (Where the spring flows: the landscape at the root of the Galician essay).{{cite web |title=María López Sández ingresará como membro de número da Real Academia Galega o 11 de marzo en Lugo|trans-title=María López Sández will enter as a full member of the Royal Galician Academy on March 11 in Lugo|url=https://academia.gal/-/mar-c3-ada-l-c3-b3pez-s-c3-a1ndez-ingresar-c3-a1-como-membro-de-n-c3-bamero-da-real-academia-galega-o-11-de-marzo-en-lugo |website=Real Academia Galega |access-date=1 September 2024 |language=gl-ES |date=2 March 2023}}

• 2023, Premio 8 de Marzo{{cite web |last1=Enfoques |first1=Redacción |title=María López Sández recibe el Premio 8 de Marzo en Negreira por sus años en el IES Xulián de Magariños|trans-title=María López Sández receives the March 8 Award in Negreira for her years at IES Xulián de Magariños |url=https://enfoques.gal/compostela/negreira/maria-lopez-sandez-recibe-el-premio-8-de-marzo-en-negreira-por-sus-anos-en-el-ies-xulian-de-magarinos/ |website=Enfoques |access-date=1 September 2024 |language=es |date=9 March 2023}}
• 2020, Finalist, Raíña Lupa Award, for {{lang|gl|A noite da Deusa|italics=yes}}
• 2014, Finalist, La Voz de Galicia Novel Award, for {{lang|gl|O faro escuro|italics=yes}}
• 2012, Repsol Short Narrative Award, for {{lang|gl|A forma das nubes|italics=yes}}{{cite web |title=María López Sández recibiu o VI Premio de Narrativa Breve Repsol|trans-title=María López Sández received the 6th Repsol Short Narrative Award |url=https://editorialgalaxia.gal/maria-lopez-sandez-recibiu-o-vi-premio-de-narrativa-breve-repsol/ |website=Editorial Galaxia |access-date=1 September 2024 |language=gl-ES |date=18 December 2012}}
• 2007, Ramón Piñeiro Prize for Essay, for {{lang|gl|Paisaxe e nación. A creación discursiva do territorio.|italics=yes}}{{cite web |title=Premios de María López Sández|trans-title=María López Sández awards |publisher=Departamento de Bibliotecas y Documentación del Instituto Cervantes |url=https://www.cervantes.es/bibliotecas_documentacion_espanol/creadores/lopez_sandez_maria_premios.htm |website=www.cervantes.es |access-date=1 September 2024}}

• Paisaxe e nación. A creación discursiva do territorio (2008), Galaxia{{Cite web|ref=none|title=Catálogo de libros|trans-title=Book catalog |website=editorialgalaxia.es |url=http://editorialgalaxia.es/catalogo/libro.php?id_libro=0014970046|date=29 June 2012|isbn=978-84-9865-130-0}}
• Movendo os marcos do patriarcado, co-author with Marilar Aleixandre, 2021{{Cite journal|ref=none|title=Marilar Aleixandre e María López reivindican nun libro o feminismo de Pardo Bazán|trans-title=Marilar Aleixandre and María López claim in a book the feminism of Pardo Bazán|url=https://www.nosdiario.gal/articulo/cultura/aleixandre-lopez-reivindican-nun-libro-feminismo-pardo-bazan/20210302202103116906.html|journal=Nós Diario|language=gl|first=Ana|last=Triñáns}} Translated into Spanish by the authors themselves.{{Cite web|title=Moviendo Los Marcos Del Patriarcado|trans-title=Moving the Frames of Patriarchy|url=http://bibliotraducion.uvigo.es/bibliotraducion/traduccions_ver.php?id=7974|website=bibliotraducion.uvigo.es}}

• A forma das nubes (2012)., Galaxia. Second edition, 2014.{{Cite web|title=A forma das nubes|trans-title=The shape of the clouds|url=http://editorialgalaxia.gal/produto/a-forma-das-nubes/|publisher=Editorial Galaxia|language=gl-ES|isbn=978-84-9865-469-1}}
• O faro escuro (2015), Galaxia{{Cite web|ref=none|title=O faro escuro|trans-title=The dark lighthouse|url=http://editorialgalaxia.gal/produto/o-faro-escuro/|website=Editorial Galaxia|language=gl-ES|isbn=978-84-9865-591-9}}
• A noite da deusa (2020), Galaxia, Costa Oeste {{ISBN|978-84-9151-469-5}}

• Libres e vivas (2021), Galaxia{{Cite web|ref=none|title=Libres e vivas|trans-title=Free and alive|url=https://editorialgalaxia.gal/produto/libres-e-vivas/|website=Editorial Galaxia|language=gl-ES|isbn=978-84-9151-586-9}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150321223805/http://www.insulaeuropea.eu/leinterviste/interviste/otero_sandez.pdf Inma Otero interviews María López Sández], at insulaeuropea.eu, via Internet Archive
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lrP8659_Qk Culturgal 2012. María López Sández: The shape of clouds], 24 January 2013, via YouTube

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