Paula Contreras Márquez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Contreras and the second or maternal family name is Márquez.

Paula Contreras Márquez
Born	(1911-01-08)8 January 1911 Córdoba, Andalusia
Died	3 February 2008(2008-02-03) (aged 97) Cádiz
Nationality	Spanish
Genre	novelist, short story writer

Paula Contreras Márquez (Aldea de Los Zapateros, Córdoba, Andalusia, 8 January 1911 – Puerto Real, Cádiz, 3 February 2008) was a novelist and author of short stories and tales.

Marquez was honored by a route around the town of Moriles, which was depicted in many of her notable works.[1]

Selected works

• El brujo del tiempo (inicios de los 50)
• Cangilones de noria (1951)
• Historias de un pueblo sin historia (1952) (Prólogo de Federico Mayor Zaragoza)
• El Majuelo (1952)
• Americanos en Rota (1957)
• Una aventura sin importancia (1967)
• Laguna Grande (1992)
• Moriles, trazos de su historia (1995)
• La botica de la calle de la plaza (inacabada, últimos años)
• Un mes de permiso (sin fecha)
• La chavala(1962)

References

1. "Moriles rinde homenaje a la escritora Paula Contreras a través de una Ruta Literaria". Sur de Córdoba. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.