Aurora Correa (February 10, 1930 – November 20, 2008) was a Spanish-born teacher and writer, a naturalized Mexican who was part of the group of exiles known as the Children of Morelia [es] (Spanish: Niños de Morelia), which arrived in Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. In her 2008 book Cerezas, she narrates her experiences through the journey and exile.

Aurora Correa
Born(1930-02-10)February 10, 1930
Barcelona, Spain
DiedNovember 20, 2008(2008-11-20) (aged 78)
NationalityMexican
Occupation(s)Teacher, writer
Notable workCerezas

Biography

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Aurora Correa was born on February 10, 1930, in Barcelona. She arrived in Mexico in 1937, when she was 7 years old, as part of the group known as the Children of Morelia [es], exiled during the Spanish Civil War. As many of these children never returned to their homeland, they remained in the country and became naturalized Mexicans in 1967.[a][1][2]

Correa's professional work was always related to education, literature, and the dissemination of culture. She taught Spanish in high school, worked as a screenwriter, was a copywriter and editor of various publishing houses, and also a radio actress.[3] She wrote for print media such as El Día, El Nacional [es], Excélsior, Novedades, and Siempre![3][4] One such story, published in Novedades, narrates her experiences in the boarding school where she lived in childhood.[5]

She published six books, including La muerte de James Dean (1991) and Ha (1992), which were finalists in the Planeta and Diana novel competitions respectively.[3] Cerezas (2008), her last book, tells of her experiences as one of the Children of Morelia.[2] Only one of her books, Odas (1976), is dedicated to poetry, and her work in this genre is little-known.[6]

Aurora Correa died on November 20, 2008, in the city of León, Guanajuato.[1][2]

Books

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  • Agustina Ramírez: heroina del pueblo (1964)
  • Odas (1976)
  • La muerte de James Dean (1991), ISBN 9789682704192
  • Ha (1992), ISBN 9789681323127
  • Te beso buenas noches (1997), ISBN 9789687791777
  • Cerezas (2008), ISBN 9789709885118[4][6][7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources indicate that it was in 1963.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Aurora Correa". Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México (in Spanish). Secretariat of Culture, Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c López Arellano, Marcela. "Aurora Correa: De Barcelona a México en 1937". Revista Mexbcn (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Correa, Aurora (1930–2008)". Catálogo Biobibliográfico de la Literatura en México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Fallece Aurora Correa, destacada escritora e intelectual, hispanomexicana radicada en Aguascalientes" [Aurora Correa, Distinguished Hispano-Mexican Writer and Intellectual Based in Aguascalientes, Passes Away] (in Spanish). Secretariat of Culture. November 21, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  5. ^ Forum, Issues 152-162 (in Spanish). Reproducciones Montesinos. 2006. p. 154. Retrieved July 10, 2019 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b Ibarra Guerrero, Katia Irina; Masera, Mariana (July–December 2017). "Identidad(es) literaria(s): el exilio en las poetas hispanomexicanas". Revista Valenciana (in Spanish) (20): 113–136. doi:10.15174/rv.v0i20.293. ISSN 2448-7295. Retrieved July 10, 2019 – via Dialnet.
  7. ^ "Obra publicada de Aurora Correa" [Published Work of Aurora Correa]. Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México (in Spanish). Secretariat of Culture, Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas. Retrieved July 10, 2019.