Authors Marifé Santiago Bolaños

Writer Marifé Santiago Bolaños (Madrid, 1962) is a Doctor in Philosophy. As Professor of Aesthetics and Art Theory at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, her research focuses on the dialogue between philosophy and creation in art through the work of authors such as María Zambrano. Her studies on the encounter between Eastern and Western aesthetic principles led to the book Mirar al dios: el Teatro como camino de conocimiento (Looking at the God: The Theatre as a Path of Knowledge), in which she closely analyses the influence of Indian, Japanese and Chinese Philosophy in European Theatre. Additionally, she has considerable knowledge of techniques such as Yoga and Tai Chi, and has done comparative studies in music and singing. She is a member of the international university project "Writing and Image: the Europe of Writing".
She is a member of the Trusts of the María Zambrano Foundation and the Centre for Studies on Exile.
Literary works published include Tres Cuadernos de Bitácora (Three Logbooks) (1996) Celebración de la espera (A Celebration of Waiting) (1999), El día, los días (The Day, the Days) (2007), La orilla de las mujeres fértiles (The Shore of Fertile Women) (2010), poems in Galician in Poesía dos Aléns (1993); short stories in books by various authors, newspapers and magazines; and the novels El tiempo de las lluvias (The Rainy Season) (1999), Un ángel muerto sobre la hierba (An Angel Dead on the Grass) (2001), El jardín de las favoritas olvidadas (The Garden of Forgotten Favourites) (2005), translated into Bengali (2008), and La canción de Ruth (Ruth's Song) (2010).
Some of her writings have been translated into English, French, Italian, Hebrew, Russian and Bengali, and included in collections such as Poetas en blanco y negro (Poets in Black and White) (2007), Escritores de Castilla y León (Writers from Castilla y León) (Junta de Castilla y León, 2006), El poder del cuerpo. Antología de la poesía femenina contemporánea (The Power of the Body. Anthology of Contemporary Female Poetry) (Madrid, Ediciones Castalia, 2009) and Poetas a orillas de Machado (Poets on the Shores of Machado) (Madrid, Ediciones Abada, 2010, edited by Amalia Iglesias, 2010).

The novels:
El tiempo de las lluvias [The rainy season] (Orense, Ed. Linteo, 1999)
Un ángel muerto sobre la hierba [An angel dead on the grass] (Orense, Ed. Linteo, 2001)
El jardín de las favoritas olvidadas [The garden of the forgotten favorites] (Orense, Ed. Linteo, 2005)

Other stories:
"Del vacío y otras soledades" [On emptiness and other solitary pursuits] (finalist for the VI "Ana Mª Matute" Prize)
 "La noche de Alcestes" [Alcestes' Night] (Asparkía magazine, Univ. of Castellón, 1995)
"De las cenizas" [From the ashes] (Rey lagarto magazine, Asturias, 97 and Collection 13)
"Concierto para maraca y niño de blanco" [Concert for maraca and boy in white] (in ¿Qué fabulan los filósofos?, Madrid, Editorial Pages of Espuma, 2000)
"Demostración del ángel" [Demonstration of the angel] (Sibila magazine, Seville, January 2004)
"Pájaros" [Birds] ("Filandón", cultural supplement to the Diario de León newspaper, 2006)