MARÍA ÁNGELES LONARDI
ALMERÍA, ANDALUCÍA, SPAIN
Email: lonardimaria@hotmail.com
She was born in Larroque, Province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. She is Professor of Economic Sciences at the Sedes Sapientiae Teaching Institute, with an agreement at the Argentine Catholic University. She is a teacher for Professional Training, Trainer, Corrector, Poet and Writer.
Since 2002 she is based in Almería, Andalusia, Spain with an intense cultural activity.
She has numerous literary awards in Argentina, Spain and International Awards.
She has participated in more than twenty Meetings of National and International Writers.
She has published five Poem Books: “Amores”, Entre Ríos, Argentina (1997) /
"Between calamities and miracles" La luna que, Buenos Aires Argentina (2005) / "Four poets" which includes his book "The blue garden" along with three other authors from Almeria, published by the Institute of Almeria Studies (2014) / "Poems to read after hours ”Letra Odd, Almería, 2017 /“ Soles de nostalgia ”, Red Circle, Almería, March 2019.
She appears in more than forty Anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic and is the coordinator of Anthologies: “Más Más desde el sur. Poets from Almería ”with Pepe Criado and Alfonso Berlanga,“ Verses that embrace. Poetry against gender violence ”vol II and III. "Five at 8. Poets in the Museum of Almería" Vol. II and III.
Actively participates in Poetic Recitals, Writers' Meetings, Literary Days, Presentations by other authors, writes Prologues, Literary Reviews, conducts literary workshops and publishes in numerous Digital Magazines, among them: Cultural Light, Entreletras, Todoliteratura, (Spain) Larecherche.it (Italy) Amicando Semper (Italy) Altazor (Chile), Alcazaba, From South to South, Almeria Voice, Transparencies, Entrecharcos (Spain) Diafanís (Argentina) Letralia (Venezuela), Lyrics and Poetry (Miami USA) Baquiana, New York ( USA), Atunis Galaxy Poetry (Albania), Ágora papers of Grammar and Ablutionists art (Spain), Babab.com, Analecta Literaria and Visítame Magazine Virtual New York (USA) and Viceversa New York.
She is a member of the Editorial Team of the magazine De sur a Sur (Spain and Latin America) and a contributor to the magazine Luz cultural and TodoLiteratura (Spain).
She is a Jury of Short Story and Poetry Literary Competitions. (Provincial Council and Editorials)
She has been translated into Italian and published in Literary Anthologies in Italy. She also to English.
She has been invited by the Maison de France in Granada to the Granada Poetry Autumn Festival 2019. She has been invited as an Argentine Poet to the Argentine Musical Poetic Encounter at the Dama de Baza Poetry and Humanism Classroom, Baza, Granada.
She is appointed Ambassador of the Word by the Cesar Egido Serrano Foundation of Madrid, in April 2019.
She is a member of the Department of Art and Literature of the Instituto de Estudios Almerienses. She is a member of the Andalusian Center for Letters and a member of the “Ronda andaluza” Circuit.
Member of the North American Academy of Modern Literature. Chapter of Spain.
Member of the Movement "Humanismo solidario", Malaga and the group "Poetas del Sur"
and she presents the "Poetic Wakes", a monthly musical poetic show.
She is an Honorary Member of PAZ IFLAC Latin America International Forum for Peace.
Her literary career, on her own blog: https://letras-sobre-papel.blogspot.com.es/.
Awards obtained with residence in Argentina:
- 3rd Prize Contest "For a living memory of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, 1999.
- 3rd Prize Poetry International Contest "June 20" in Rosario, Argentina, 2000. Share Joint Edition.
- 3rd Prize I Biennial of Poetry Horacio Rega Molina ”La Plata Buenos Aires, Argentina.2000.
- Special mention National Poetry Award "Ayacucho 2001" Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Finalist of the 5th Hispano-American Poetry and Short Story Contest "Almafuerte", Buenos Aires Argentina. 2001.
Awards obtained with residence in Spain:
- 1st Prize for Poetry "Juan Uceda Literary Association" 2003, Almería, Spain,
- 3rd Prize for the collection of poems "Between calamities and miracles" Almería Poetry Contest, 2005.
- 1st Prize XIII Winter Stories and Tales Contest Diario Ideal. Almería, 2014.
- Finalist of the 1st Contest of Short Stories Association Segontia de Zaragoza. Spain. 2015.
- ALCER Short Story and Short Story Contest Finalist with short story, June 2015.
- Honorable Mention in the awards of the International Aphorism Contest "Encarnación Sánchez Arenas" and is part of a joint Anthology published by Playa de Akaba, July 2016.
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