Lola Tórtola
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| Born | Dolores Tórtola Hernández 1997 Murcia, Spain |
| Education | University of Murcia Sapienza University of Rome Comenius University in Bratislava |
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| Awards | Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven Miguel Hernández (2024) |
Dolores Tórtola Hernández (Murcia, 1997), known as Lola Tórtola, is a Spanish poet and physician, winner of the Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven Miguel Hernández 2024.[1]
Career
She was born in Murcia.[2] She graduated in Medicine and began her residency in plastic, aesthetic, and reconstructive surgery at a hospital in Madrid. She studied at the University of Murcia, the Sapienza University of Rome, and Comenius University in Bratislava.[3]
Her poems have appeared in literary journals, such as Ágora-Papeles de Arte Gramático (no. 16) and Mirlo (nos. 6 and 20). One of her poems was selected for the exhibition dedicated to the history of this journal at the Palacio de la Isla in Burgos (2024).[4]
In 2023, she published her first poetry collection, Los dioses destruidos (The Destroyed Gods), thanks to the runner-up prize she received in a poetry competition.[5]
Recognition
Throughout her career as a writer, she has received various awards.[6] In 2022 she received the runner-up prize (accésit) of the Premio Adonáis de Poesía for her work Los dioses destruidos, becoming the first woman from Murcia to achieve this distinction.[7] In September 2024 she was recognized by the Ministry of Culture of Spain with the Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven Miguel Hernández for the same work. The award carries a monetary endowment of 30,000 euros.[8]
References
- ↑ "Lola Tórtola wins the Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven for her "personal, forceful voice full of evocative imagery"". El País (in Spanish). 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ↑ Martínez, Santos (2022-12-26). "Lola Tórtola: 'Necesito que la experiencia me legitime'". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-25.
- ↑ RTVE (2024-09-30). "Lola Tórtola, Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven Miguel Hernández from the Ministry of Culture". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ↑ Javier Prieto (September 28, 2024). "Burgos hosts the exhibition 'El vuelo del mirlo', a retrospective of the poetry publication by Óscar Esquivias and Asís G. Ayerbe". La Razón. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
- ↑ Press, Europa (2024-09-30). "Lola Tórtola, Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven 'Miguel Hernández' 2024". El Periódico de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ↑ "Lola Tórtola, Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven 'Miguel Hernández' 2024". www.cultura.gob.es. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ↑ Adonáis 2022, Andrés María García Cuevas Poeta y accésit del Premio (2023-03-09). "Andrés María García Cuevas. Poeta y accésit del Premio Adonáis 2022: La novedad de Lola Tórtola". La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Lola Tórtola, Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven Miguel Hernández del Ministerio de Cultura". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2026-05-25.