The PSOE wants the Government to collaborate with institutions such as the Cervantes Institute in the dissemination of the work of the writer and journalist of the Generation of ’27 Luisa Carnés and that to make her known, a prize with her name is created, among other things, that serves to distinguish the work of women journalists and new writers. This is what the socialists propose in an initiative registered in Congress on the occasion of this year’s celebration of the 60th anniversary of the death in Mexico of the author of ‘Tea rooms. Working women’. Carnés was born in 1905 in Madrid’s Barrio de las Letras, very close to Congress, but after the Civil War he went into exile in Mexico and fell into oblivion. But his figure began to recover a few years ago with the publication of his works. In its initiative, collected by Europa Press, the PSOE highlights that Carnés “represents something more than an exception” within the literary group of the Generation of ’27, “an area in which men predominate”, therefore, “in addition to reflecting the Spanish reality of her time through her narrative, she was a tireless defender of women’s rights. CLASS, MACHISM AND DOUBLE DAY Thus, he highlights that ‘Tea rooms’, published in 1934, reflects the situation of working women, especially young women, with special emphasis on class differences, sexist discrimination and the double burden of tasks that they endure in their work and home lives. “Carnés knew perfectly well the world she was writing about, since she herself worked as a waitress and shop assistant in a place similar to the one she describes in the novel. The fight for female emancipation is another of the keys to this work, as was also the life of Carnés herself,” explains the PSOE. They also highlight his role as a journalist from the late 1920s until the Civil War and later in his Mexican exile. “The whole of Luisa Carnés’s work offers an accurate vision of life in Spain and Mexico during the first half of the 20th century,” emphasize the socialists. AN “INDISCUTABLE” REFERENCE Therefore, they consider “it is essential to continue recovering her memory, her writings, her novels, stories and articles to make them known, but also to recognize the figure of an outstanding author who has spent too much time forgotten”, despite to be “an indisputable reference in the field of literature.” From this premise, the PSOE proposes that the Culture Commission of Congress urge the Government to recognize Carnés “as a reference writer in 20th century Spanish literature” and to collaborate with administrations and entities in the dissemination of her work. To achieve this, she is committed to collaborating with the Cervantes Institute and the book fairs in which Spain participates and to creating an award or distinction that bears her name and serves to recognize the work of female journalists and new writers.
