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* ''Remanso'' (1933)
* ''Agua de mar'' (1951)

'''María García-Ontiveros y Herrera''' (born in Venezuela – died in Madrid, November 1956), known in Literary circle|literary circles as '''María Ontiveros''', was a Spaniards|Spanish poet and politician, and a member of the literary circle Versos con faldas. |last1=Garcerá
|first1=Fran
|last2=Porpetta
|first2=Marta
|title=Versos con faldas
|publisher=Torremozas
|year=2019
|isbn=978-84-7839-781-5
|language=es
|page=220
|quote=María García-Ontiveros y Herrera (nacida en Venezuela y fallecida en Madrid en noviembre de 1956), conocida como María Ontiveros, fue poeta y política española, miembro de la tertulia «Versos con faldas».


== Biography ==

She belonged to a family of diplomacy|diplomats, which explains her birth in Venezuela.
In 1933 she published ''Remanso'', which included a poem dedicated to Concha Espina. The book was well received by Critic|critics, and Espina herself wrote the epilogue, praising Ontiveros with the words:

"''This collection of Rhyme|rhymes is a promise of a fertile literary harvest.''"
After the Spanish Civil War, she obtained a prominent position within the Sección Femenina as Central Overseer of the Foreign Service. Issue no. 48 of ''Revista para la Mujer'' (January 1942) featured a report on the work of the ''Sección Femenina'' within the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista|Falange movement, but her greatest international exposure came during a 1943 trip to Berlin with Pilar Primo de Rivera (daughter of the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera).
In 1947 she was honored by the ''Association of Spanish Writers and Artists'', an event covered in the press of the time. In 1948 her poem "''Alma gris''" ("''Gray Soul''") appeared in the magazine ''Verbo'', where she identified herself with nature following the Literary topos|Romantic topos.
Ontiveros was an active participant in the Spanish cultural life of the :Category:1940s in Spain|1940s and :Category:1950s in Spain|1950s. |last1=Garcerá
|first1=Fran
|last2=Porpetta
|first2=Marta
|title=Versos con faldas
|publisher=Torremozas
|year=2019
|isbn=978-84-7839-781-5
|language=es
|page=220
|quote=Participó activamente en la vida cultural madrileña de los años cuarenta y cincuenta, tomando parte en recitales, homenajes y tertulias literarias junto a otras poetas de su generación.
She took part in a session devoted to Juana de Ibarbourou at the poetry circle ''Alforjas para la Poesía'', held at Madrid’s Teatro Lara in April 1949. She also participated in tributes to Rubén Darío and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer|Bécquer in 1950 and 1951.
Her second poetry collection, ''Agua de mar'' (“Sea Water”), appeared in 1951 with a foreword by José María Pemán, who praised her command of rhythm and rhyme.

In June 1955 she took part, together with Clemencia Laborda, in a tribute to Concha Espina organized at the Mesa de Burgos in Madrid.
María Ontiveros Death|died in Madrid in November 1956.
== Participation in ''Versos con faldas'' ==
She took part in the third recital of the poetry circle, held on 16 April 1951, alongside María Isabel Secades, María Dolores de Pablos, Margarita Uribarri, Adelaida Las Santas, Clemencia Laborda, Gloria Fuertes, Alfonsa de la Torre, Ángela Figuera Aymerich, Carmen Conde, and Concha Suárez de Otero. The session was presented by Argentina|Argentinian poet and art critic Ernesto B. Rodríguez.
In Adelaida Las Santas’s novel ''Versos de café'', where the author recalls her fellow members of the circle, Ontiveros is described as a highly admired Recitation|reciter.

== Recognition ==
The poetry contest "''Su terraza''", created in 1958 at the initiative of Elisa Soriano Fisher and Guadalupe García de Quevedo, included an award named in her honor. El premio recayó en la poeta María Antonia de Ibarra, otra participante de la tertulia literaria Versos con faldas.

== Obras ==
* 1933 – ''Remanso'', con epílogo de Concha Espina
* 1951 – ''Agua de mar'', con prólogo de José María Pemán

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More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Ontiveros