An intimate conversation about Gloria Fuertes, a writer who was unique and whose life and work deserve to be told and vindicated.
From Gloria Fuertes, what has endured in our memory are her appearances on children's programs and her worth as a poet, but that other Gloria Fuertes still remains veiled, the one who did not appear in the media, who dragged her last years in solitude, shielding herself with her cigarettes, her whisky, and her house filled with objects reflecting the passage – and the weight – of the years. A Gloria Fuertes tired of seeing her friends, her lovers, die... Because she loved intensely, even if that was not 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 what mark she left on many people's lives. The true story of Gloria Fuertes deserves to be known and vindicated, so that other people can also see themselves reflected in her figure.
Alongside Lola Lapaz, this work features the former mayor of Madrid Manuela Carmena; the writer and poet Luna Miguel; the writer, poet, and translator Gloria Fortún; the researcher based in the United States Ana Isabel Simón Alegre; the writer and cultural activist Carlos Barea; the poet Belén Reyes, who was a personal friend of Fuertes; and the writer and journalist Darío Gael Blanco Gómez de Barreda.
