María Esther García López

María Esther García López (born, 8 December 1948, La Degollada, Valdés, Asturias) is a poet and writer in Asturian and Spanish. She is the president of the Asociación de Escritores de Asturias (Asturias Writers Association).

She graduated in pedagogy. She is a teacher and expert in Asturian philology. García is a corresponding member of Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. She served as professor at Universidá Asturiana de Branu (UABRA) for 25 years. She also participated as a jury member in numerous literary competitions and poetry recitals.

Awards and honours

 * 2005, Tribute in Luarca from the “Valdés Siglo XXI” Women's Association for her work as a writer and researcher and for her work around the recovery of Asturian language and culture and the defense of women's rights.
 * 2007, Uviéu Poetry Prize, in its first edition, with the poetry book Pisadas.
 * 2007, Winner of the Fernández Lema short story award with the story "Performance".
 * 2007, “Xosé Álvarez” Award for a short story organized by the Asturian Center of Madrid.
 * 2007, “Bronze Grouse”, an award given by the Asturianu Center in Madrid.
 * 2009, Prize "León Delestal" Asturian Center of Madrid with the story The wedding.
 * 2015, Third Prize for poetry "Andén" on the occasion of International Women's Day.
 * 2015, "Friend of the Joaquín Rodríguez de Ḷḷuarca Library" Award.
 * 2015, “Vaqueira de Honor” from the Vaqueiro and Vaqueirada Festival.
 * 2015, "Timón" Award for her literary career.
 * 2017, The Valdés Town Hall dedicates the Ḷḷibru de Ḷḷuarca Day to him.
 * 2017, Poetisa del Alba for Alborada de Candás.

Selected works

 * El Tatuaxe, 1998
 * Ḷḷuribaga, 2003
 * Zamparrampa: Poemas pa nenos ya nenas, 2004
 * Tiempu d'iviernu, 2005
 * Aventures del Quixote, 2005
 * Historias de Vida ya señas de muerte, 2006
 * Faraguyas, 2007
 * Pisadas, 2008
 * La maestra, 2008
 * Musical-landia, 2008
 * Performance, 2009
 * Menú de Versos, 2009
 * Deva y El Pitín, 2010
 * A la gueta l'amor, 2010
 * Alredor de la Quintana: Animales y otros bichos, 2013
 * Quiero ser Arcu Iris, 2014
 * Yo taba ellí, 2015
 * Yo estaba allí, 2016
 * Deva, Flor de Primvera, 2017
 * Leo, 2018
 * Haikusnora, 2019
 * El color de los días, 2019
 * La bruja en la Biblioteca, 2019
 * A veces el amor es azul, 2020