Curriculum
She was born on 19th ,June 1950, in Lires, Cee, A Coruña. .
She is a writer and a retired teacher.
Her activity as a teacher started at 'Nemiña' School in Muxía. Then she worked in Ézaro, Brens, Dumbría and Cee.
She finished her activity as a teacher at 'Agra de Raices' Secondary School.
where she taught Galician Language and Literature.
Together with other teachers, she coordinates and writes several textbooks of Primary and Secondary Education as well as the Didactic Guides. She was a correspondent for several years and collaborated with her students in radio programmes. She imparted and coordinated courses on Galician Language and projects for teachers formation.
Work & Activities
These are some of her most important books: Contos para a escola, Cousiñas para a escola, ¿Andrómenas?, A vaca titiriteira, A camioneta da media risa, A disco ecoloxista, Berta, O aniversario de Ana, A aventura das cores, ¡A min que me importa!, O vestido de Cora, As louca vacacións dunha formiga, Marcelo non me toma o pelo, A maxia da bola metálica, A misteriosa montaña de Pena Negra, O noso Pepe, Chuchamel, Querido Iván, A casa de cartón, O milagre de Carola and A papoula era máxica. .
Concha Blanco is one of the most prolific authors in the Galician language :
Other Interesting Aspects
She got 'O Facho' Prize on two occasions (1982 and 1983) and was finalist of 'Barco de Vapor' Prize (1988), finalist ,three times, of 'Merlín' Prize (1996 , 1999 and 2003) and accesit of 'Lazarillo' Prize (1997).Premio Lecturas “Galix” (2002), finalist of Frei Martiño Sarmiento Prize (2007) ...
