Fina de Calderón

Fina de Calderón (August 21, 1927 Madrid- January 12, 2010 Madrid) was a Spanish writer, poet, songwriter, and musician.^[1][2][3][4]

Her song "Caracola" ("Conch") was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, performed by Los TNT.^[5]

Life

She grew up in France. As a youth, she studied violin and composed her first poems. She moved to Toledo, and was owner of Cigarral del Ángel.^[6]

Family

She married Fernando Calderon Gutierrez, Marquis of Mozobamba del Pozo, and they had three children, José Rafael, Mariola and Giovanna.

Works

• Fuego, grito, luna (Fire, cry, moon), (theater)
• Los pasos que no regresan. Huerga Y Fierro Editores. 2004. ISBN 978-84-8374-473-4.  (The steps do not come back) (Memoir)

Poetry

• La cicatriz de arena (The scar of sand) (poetry)
• Pluriels (Plurales) Fugger Libros, SIAL Ediciones, 2006, ISBN 978-84-96464-18-6 (poems bilingual French / Spanish)^[7]
• Canciones infantiles. Illustrator Alain Durand. Ediciones de la Torre. 2007. ISBN 978-84-7960-382-3. 
• La sed que dura. Huerga Y Fierro Editores. 2002. ISBN 978-84-8374-365-2. 
• Glorieta de la melancolía. Huerga Y Fierro Editores. 1998. ISBN 978-84-8374-040-8. 
• Vencejos, aunque ruiseñores. Ediciones de la Torre. 1994. ISBN 978-84-7960-072-3. 

Songs

• "En Roma (Rome)"
• "La otra mitad (The other half)"
• "Pouvoir" (song by Édith Piaf)
• "Nous de Paris" (song by Maurice Chevalier)
• "Caracola (Conch)"
• "Primer plano (Foreground)" (song by Víctor Manuel in 1966)
• Mis Canciones Festivaleras de los años 60. Ediciones de la Torre. 2007. ISBN 978-84-7960-383-0.  (My festival-goers songs of the 60's)"

Dances

• Cancela (ballet)
• El Greco(ballet)

References