Mallorcan writer Josefina Pla’s works now available at the Canary Islands Basic Library
Born on the island of Lobos in 1903, Josefina Pla spent most of her life in Paraguay, creating a literary oeuvre that is now being added to the Canary Basic Library, alongside The Silent Hour by Hilda Zudán and From an Anthological Sage by Juan José Delgado. The three volumes will be presented this Saturday at the Telde Book Fair.
The Canary Basic Library will incorporate a new volume dedicated to writer Josefina Pla, born on Lobos in 1903 and regarded as one of the most internationally recognized authors linked to Fuerteventura.
The Pla edition includes a critical study by Ángeles Mateo and gathers 31 short stories written over forty years of creative activity. In these stories, Paraguayan women take a central role, and the richness of the country’s popular speech is celebrated.
The publication is completed with a preliminary text, a chronology of the author’s life, and a glossary of terms in Guaraní and Yopará—a linguistic variety that emerged from the fusion of Spanish and Guaraní. Although she lived most of her life in Paraguay, Pla considered herself a native of Lobos.
The Canary Basic Library also adds two other new titles to its catalogue: The Silent Hour by Hilda Zudán and From an Anthological Sage by Juan José Delgado. With these additions, the collection now reaches numbers 74, 75, and 76.
Presentation at the Telde Book Fair
The Culture Department of the Government of the Canary Islands will present the collection’s 76th volume, titled Geography‑Labyrinth of Perfect Solitude, on Saturday, 18 April at 12:00 p.m. during the Telde Book Fair.
The event will be hosted by Victoriano Santana Sanjurjo, director of the Canary Basic Library, and linguist José Miguel Perera. Admission is free until capacity is reached. The presentation will continue on 8 May at the Lanzarote Book Fair and on 9 May at the Santa Lucía de Tirajana Book Fair.
Canary Basic Library
Founded in 1988, the Canary Basic Library gathers some of the most essential voices and titles of archipelago literature. In this new phase, the collection continues to grow with a refreshed design and a reinforced focus on anthologies, accompanied by preliminary studies, bibliographies, and chronologies prepared by specialists.
In parallel, the Government of the Canary Islands promotes the digital dissemination of the collection through the Canary Basic Library website and the bibliotecadecanarias.org platform, aiming to broaden public access to the archipelago’s literature and maintain a steady publishing rhythm.