Fina de Calderón

Fina de Calderón (August 21, 1927 Madrid- January 12, 2010 Madrid) was a Spanish writer, poet, songwriter, and musician.[1][2][3][4]

Her song "Caracola" ("Conch") was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, performed by Los TNT.[5]

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.[6]

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)
  • Los pasos que no regresan. Huerga Y Fierro Editores. 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)[7]
  • Canciones infantiles. Illustrator Alain Durand. Ediciones de la Torre. 2007. ISBN 978-84-7960-382-3.
  • La sed que dura. Huerga Y Fierro Editores. 2002. ISBN 978-84-8374-365-2.
  • Glorieta de la melancolía. Huerga Y Fierro Editores. 1998. ISBN 978-84-8374-040-8.
  • Vencejos, aunque ruiseñores. Ediciones de la Torre. 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)
  • Mis Canciones Festivaleras de los años 60. Ediciones de la Torre. 2007. ISBN 978-84-7960-383-0. (My festival-goers songs of the 60's)"

Dances

  • Cancela (ballet)
  • El Greco(ballet)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Fallece/Madrid/poeta/Fina/Calderon/elpepucul/20100112elpepucul_1/Tes
  2. ↑ http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/20100113/cultura/muere-anos-poeta-compositora-20100113.html
  3. ↑ http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/2010011912417/infanta-elena/funeral/fina-calderon/
  4. ↑ http://www.insercionsocial.com/envejecimiento-activo/madrid-rinde-un-homenaje-a-fina-de-calderon-en-su-noventa-cumpleanos/
  5. ↑ Simon Barclay. Eurovision Song Contest – The Complete & Independent Guide 2010. Simon Barclay. ISBN 978-1-4457-8415-1.
  6. ↑ http://www.lavanguardia.com/libros/20100112/53868533534/fallece-la-poeta-fina-de-calderon.html
  7. ↑ http://www.arteshoy.com/news-20060205-11.html
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