Carmen Martin Gaite

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In this 1981 interview for Spanish television, writer Carmen Martin Gaite tells about her New York experiences while teaching at Barnard College; discusses her childhood in Salamanca and Ourense Province during the Spanish Civil War; recalls her academic life influenced by notables such as Unamuno, and her bohemian circle of literary friends in Madrid that came to represent the Social Realists of the post war generation. Her experiences are reflected in her many novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays and essays. She won important awards, and at the time of her death in 2000, she was only one of two female members of the Spanish Royal Academy.

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59 min51 sec

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