Soriano, Elena (1917–1996)
Soriano, Elena (1917–1996)
Spanish novelist. Name variations: Elena Soriano Jara. Born Feb 4, 1917, in Fuentidueña del Tajo, Madrid, Spain, of Andalusian parents; died 1996 in Madrid; m. Juan José Arnedo Sánchez.
Published the 1st novel of her trilogy "Mujer y hombre" (Woman and Man), La playa de los locos (1955), but it was censored by the Franco regime and not published until 1984 (the other 2 novels, Espejismos [Mirages] and Medea, were published in 1986); founded and directed the magazine El Urogallo (1969–76); also wrote Caza menor (1951), La vida pequeña: Cuentos de antes y de hora (1989), and Tres sueños y otros cuentos (1996).
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