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Aurora Díaz-Plaja i Contestí

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55:, she was in charge of outreach services to hospitals and sending books to the war front. After the war, she worked as a librarian and archivist, responsible for the Libraries of Catalonia, including the Ciutadella Park Children's Library in Barcelona, which she directed from 1963 to 1973. 99: 292: 82:. In 1955, she won the National Award for the Best Children's Book. In 1982, she organized the first Catalan language exhibition of children's books at the 307: 312: 287: 204: 58:
Díaz-Plaja was also a writer on topics such as library management, education and history of literature. Her work appeared in the newspapers
317: 302: 322: 297: 282: 27:, Díaz-Plaja also worked as a critic, journalist, lecturer, and translator during her career. She was the sister of the writers 272: 277: 95: 83: 32: 28: 35:. Her published work included topics such as library management, as well as stories for small children, in both 94:
award. In the same year, she gave her collection of children's literature, more than 1,500 works, to the
267: 262: 230: 102:, which, from 2000, has awarded a literary prize that bears her name. She died in Barcelona in 2003. 91: 52: 48: 78: 36: 20: 256: 72: 60: 24: 87: 47:
In 1933, Díaz-Plaja received a library degree, working initially in
66: 19:(7 August 1913 – 8 December 2003) was a 237:. Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana 8: 100:Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana 178:Com es forma i com funciona una biblioteca 207:(in Catalan). Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana 196: 166:Les entremaliadures de Till Olibaspill 224: 222: 7: 98:. She was an honorary member of the 172:Vides paral·leles o contes de debò 14: 160:Ahïmsa, la no-violència de Gandhi 142:Entre juego y juego... ¡un libro! 293:Spanish women children's writers 124:La niña de los sueños de colores 308:Literary critics from Catalonia 313:Spanish women literary critics 205:"Aurora Díaz-Plaja i Contestí" 23:writer and librarian. Born in 1: 33:Guillem Díaz-Plaja i Contestí 96:Universitat Catalana d'Estiu 90:. In 1998, she received the 29:Ferran Díaz-Plaja i Contestí 17:Aurora Díaz-Plaja i Contestí 84:International Youth Library 339: 318:Translators from Catalonia 303:Journalists from Catalonia 288:Spanish children's writers 323:20th-century translators 298:Catalan-language writers 283:Spanish women librarians 184:La biblioteca a l'escola 118:Tres rondalles de Nadal 273:Writers from Barcelona 231:"Aurora Díaz-Plaja" 154:El foc de Sant Joan 278:Spanish librarians 92:Creu de Sant Jordi 148:La rana que salta 53:Spanish Civil War 49:Palma de Mallorca 330: 247: 246: 244: 242: 226: 217: 216: 214: 212: 201: 338: 337: 333: 332: 331: 329: 328: 327: 253: 252: 251: 250: 240: 238: 228: 227: 220: 210: 208: 203: 202: 198: 193: 136:La ruta del sol 108: 45: 12: 11: 5: 336: 334: 326: 325: 320: 315: 310: 305: 300: 295: 290: 285: 280: 275: 270: 265: 255: 254: 249: 248: 235:escriptors.cat 218: 195: 194: 192: 189: 188: 187: 181: 175: 169: 163: 157: 151: 145: 139: 133: 127: 121: 115: 107: 106:Selected works 104: 44: 41: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 335: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 306: 304: 301: 299: 296: 294: 291: 289: 286: 284: 281: 279: 276: 274: 271: 269: 266: 264: 261: 260: 258: 236: 232: 225: 223: 219: 206: 200: 197: 190: 185: 182: 179: 176: 173: 170: 167: 164: 161: 158: 155: 152: 149: 146: 143: 140: 137: 134: 131: 130:La isla llena 128: 125: 122: 119: 116: 113: 110: 109: 105: 103: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 80: 75: 74: 69: 68: 63: 62: 56: 54: 51:. During the 50: 42: 40: 39:and Spanish. 38: 34: 30: 26: 22: 18: 239:. Retrieved 234: 229:Gil, Emili. 209:. Retrieved 199: 183: 177: 171: 165: 159: 153: 147: 141: 135: 129: 123: 117: 112:El rey negro 111: 77: 71: 65: 59: 57: 46: 16: 15: 268:2003 deaths 263:1913 births 257:Categories 191:References 73:Serra d'Or 61:El Ciervo 43:Biography 25:Barcelona 180:(1960;) 37:Catalan 21:Catalan 241:31 May 211:31 May 186:(1970) 174:(1980) 168:(1979) 162:(1987) 156:(1969) 150:(1968) 144:(1961) 138:(1965) 132:(1961) 126:(1959) 120:(1954) 114:(1953) 88:Munich 79:El Món 243:2014 213:2014 76:and 67:Avui 31:and 86:in 259:: 233:. 221:^ 70:, 64:, 245:. 215:.

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Catalan
Barcelona
Ferran Díaz-Plaja i Contestí
Guillem Díaz-Plaja i Contestí
Catalan
Palma de Mallorca
Spanish Civil War
El Ciervo
Avui
Serra d'Or
El Món
International Youth Library
Munich
Creu de Sant Jordi
Universitat Catalana d'Estiu
Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana
"Aurora Díaz-Plaja i Contestí"


"Aurora Díaz-Plaja"
Categories
1913 births
2003 deaths
Writers from Barcelona
Spanish librarians
Spanish women librarians
Spanish children's writers
Spanish women children's writers
Catalan-language writers
Journalists from Catalonia

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