Elisa Herrero Uceda ( Ceclavín, Cáceres, Spain, 1957) is a Spanish writer. She is committed to the defence of the environment and the conservation of folk culture. She has written articles and books on natural and folk culture. Elisa Herrero studied

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(BSc Biochemistry) at the

Autonomous University of Madrid The Autonomous University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; UAM), commonly known as simply la Autónoma, is a Spanish public university located in Madrid, Spain. The university was founded in 1968 alongside the Autonomous Univers ...

(1975–1980). Her PhD research was conducted at CBMSO and concerned the scientific field of

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; subsequently, she moved as a postdoctoral researcher at the Medical Research Council of Cambridge (England). She is also engineer in computing by the

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, but she has not forgotten the traditional knowledge of the old people she knew at her country when she was a child. On 31 May 2014 she organized, along with Miguel Herrero Uceda, a Meeting of Extremaduran Writers. She collaborates in the annual activities of the ''Complutense Week of the Letters'' at the

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Books

*Extremadura en el corazón (Extremadura in the heart). Elam Editors. 2011. *Mi Extremadura, la cultura rural (My Extremadura, folk culture). Elam Editors. 2012. *Ceborrincho, Extremaduran tales. Elam Editors. 2013. *Mamaeña, Extremaduran tales. Elam Editors. 2015.

Awards

* Prize "Luis Chamizo of prose in Extremaduran language" (2012). * Award to the Creation. Ateneo Arroyo de la Luz (Spain) (2013). * Award to her work on Dissemination and Defence of the Extremaduran culture. Pablo Gonzálvez Cultural Association. Miajadas (Spain) (2014).Labour recognized
Newsletters "El periódico de Extremadura" 30 April 2014.

References

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Personal web

"Cachinu e cielu" Poem of Elisa Herrero Uceda recited by herself
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herrero Uceda, Elisa Autonomous University of Madrid alumni Polytechnic University of Madrid alumni Spanish writers Writers from Extremadura People from the Province of Cáceres 1957 births Living people