by Elena Fortún · LIBRERIA Y EDITORIAL RENACIMIENTO S.A · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416981786
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«El cuaderno de Celia» is the children's and young adult novel by Elena Fortún, published by Editorial Renacimiento in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
As an adult, Celia recovers a notebook she left forgotten at age nine in the convent of the Poor Clares in Pinto. In it she recounts the thirty days she spent in seclusion before receiving her first communion. The figure of Sister Inés is inspired by the Argentine writer Inés Field, whose friendship marked the spirituality of Elena Fortún.
Published in 2017, it is the eighth volume of the Biblioteca Elena Fortún collection. It includes a prologue by Paloma Gómez Borrero, an introduction by Nuria Capdevila-Argüelles, and illustrations by Mariano Zaragüeta.
For readers of children's and young adult fiction, followers of the Celia saga, and those interested in classics of Spanish literature.
María de la Encarnación Gertrudis Jacoba Aragoneses y de Urquijo was a Spanish author of children's literature who wrote under the pen name Elena Fortún. She became famous for Celia, lo que dice the first in the series of children's novels which were a collection of short stories first published in magazines in 1929. The series were both popular and successful during the time of their publications and are today considered classics of Spanish literature.
