Chantal Maillard is a Belgian writer

Writer

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 who lives in Málaga

Málaga

Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

 and Barcelona

Barcelona

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.

She was born in Brussels

Brussels

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 and moved to Málaga in 1963 and she received Spanish nationality in 1968.

She studied Philosophy

Philosophy

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 and Religion

Religion

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s at the University of Málaga

University of Málaga

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 (bachelor, doctorate) and University of Varanasi. She is a professor of the University of Málaga and she was a yoga

Yoga

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 teacher for 10 years.

She has collaborated with articles in several publications such as ABC or El País.

As a poet, she has received several prizes. As an essayist, her works are mainly studies about philosophy in general or María Zambrano

María Zambrano

María Zambrano Alarcón was a Spanish essayist and philosopher.Zambrano studied under and was influenced by José Ortega y Gasset and went on to teach Metaphysics at Madrid University from 1931 to 1936...

 in particular.

Poetry

• Azul en re menor. Frigiliana: La Farola, 1982.
• La otra orilla. Coria del Río: Qüásyeditorial, 1990. Premio Juan Sierra 1990
• Hainuwele
  Hainuwele
  Hainuwele, 'The Coconut Girl', is a figure from the folklore of the island of Seram in the Maluku Islands. While hunting one day on Seram, a man named Ameta found a coconut, something never before seen on Seram. Ameta took it home. That night, a figure appeared in a dream and instructed him to...
  
   . Córdoba: Ayuntamiento de Córdoba, 1990. Premio Ciudad de Córdoba 1990
• Poemas a mi muerte. Madrid: La Palma, 1993. Poesía. Premio Ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Palma 1993
• Semillas para un cuerpo. Soria: Diputación Provincial de Soria, 1998. Premio Leonor 1987
• Conjuros. Madrid: Huerga y Fierro. Editores, S.L., 2001.
• Lógica borrosa. Málaga: Miguel Gómez Ediciones, 2002.
• Matar a Platón. Barcelona: Tusquets, 2004. Premio Nacional de Poesía 2004
• Hilos, 2007

Essays

• El monte Lu en lluvia y niebla Málaga: Diputación Provincial de Málaga, 1990.
• La creación por la metáfora. Barcelona: Anthropos, 1992.
• El crimen perfecto. Madrid: Tecnos, 1993.
• La sabiduría como estética Madrid: Akal, 1995.
• La razón estética. Barcelona: Laertes, 1998. Aguado González, Jesús.
• El árbol de la vida. Maillard, Chantal (ed.) . Barcelona: Kairós, 2001.
• Filosofía en los días críticos Valencia: Pre-Textos, 2001.Prizes=
• Premio Leonor 1987
• Ciudad de Córdoba 1990
• Premio Juan Sierra 1990
• Ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Palma 1993
• Premio Nacional de Poesía 2004

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