María Xesús Lama, researcher at ADHUC and professor of Galician and Portuguese Studies at the University of Barcelona, has been awarded the Premio Nacional de Ensayo 2018 for her book Rosalía de Castro: Cantos de independencia e liberdade (1837-1863). Lama, specialist in the Rosalian work, has published numerous articles and chapters on various aspects of the production and life of the writer, as well as a critical edition of Cantares Gallegos. The award-winning book is the first installment of a project that updates and rearticulates the Rosalian biographical account from a contemporary and gender perspective. Lama is one of the coordinators of the digital edition project Rosalía de Castro: Epistolario. She has also focused her research on contemporary Galician literature, gender issues, criminal novels, and is the author of various literary translations into Galician.
