Dolores Medio

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Dolores Medio was a Spanish author known for her social realism. Her works often depicted working girls, schoolteachers, and aspiring writers, presenting them as positive female role models who defied the dictatorship's discouragement of education for women. Notable works include Nosotros los Rivero (1952), El pez sigue flotando (1959), and Diario de una maestra (1961). Medio's writing style was characterized by its testimonial nature and semiautobiographical elements, focusing on the struggles and aspirations of women in post-Civil War Spain.1

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…largely testimonial, semiautobiographical novels of Dolores Medio, who frequently depicted working girls, schoolteachers, and aspiring writers as positive feminine role models opposing the dictatorship’s discouragement of education for women: Nosotros los Rivero (1952; “We Riveros”), El pez sigue flotando (1959; “The Fish Stays Afloat”), Diario de una maestra (1961; “A…
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…largely testimonial, semiautobiographical novels of Dolores Medio, who frequently depicted working girls, schoolteachers, and aspiring writers as positive feminine role models opposing the dictatorship’s discouragement of education for women: Nosotros los Rivero (1952; “We Riveros”), El pez sigue flotando (1959; “The Fish Stays Afloat”), Diario de una maestra (1961; “A…
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