An intimate conversation about Gloria Fuertes, a unique writer whose life and work deserve to be told and recognized.
What has endured in our memory about Gloria Fuertes are her appearances on children's programs and her value as a poet, but that other Gloria Fuertes still remains hidden—the one who didn’t appear in the media, who spent her last years in solitude, shielded by her cigarettes, her whiskey, and her house filled with objects reflecting the passage—and the weight—of the years. A Gloria Fuertes tired of losing friends, lovers... Because she loved intensely, even if that was never told.
Gloria. The poet of forbidden loves is a collective work coordinated by Lola Lapaz that gathers a series of testimonies that can explain what she was like and the mark she left on many people’s lives. The real story of Gloria Fuertes deserves to be known and recognized, so that others can also see themselves reflected in her figure.
Alongside Lola Lapaz, this work features former Madrid mayor Manuela Carmena; writer and poet Luna Miguel; writer, poet, and translator Gloria Fortún; researcher based in the United States Ana Isabel Simón Alegre; writer and cultural activist Carlos Barea; poet Belén Reyes, who was a personal friend of Fuertes; and writer and journalist Darío Gael Blanco Gómez de Barreda.
