María Zambrano. Vélez-Málaga, 22nd April 1904 – Madrid, 6th February 1991.
She is the most important female figure in the 20th century of the Spanish thought.
María Zambrano’s basic influence was the “raciovitalismo” of her teacher Ortega. But her originality soon changed the instrument of “razón vital” for that of “razón poética” to explore new universes barely glimpsed by Ortega, such as the poetic one (Filosofía y poesía, 1939), the religious one (El hombre y lo divino, 1953, one of her main works) and the world of dreams, approaching to Unamuno and Machado, placed at the antipodes of their teacher’s thought. In La tumba de Antígona (1967) María meditates about this Greek myth which she believes she has reincarnated; and Claros del bosque (1977) answers her idea that thinking is “deciphering what
one feels”.
Ted Honderich OXFORD Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.
Art seems to be the effort to decipher or pursue the imprint left by a lost form of existence.
The María Zambrano Foundation, based at the Beniel Palace of Vélez-Málaga (Málaga), was created the 12th of June 1987 and entered in the Foundations Registry of the Junta de Andalucía the 23rd of May 1988, with the purpose of conserving and disseminating the thought and work of María Zambrano, who held presidency for life. Since then, this institution, in fulfilment of its founding objectives, has been carrying numerous cultural activities related with the thinker whom it is named, such as seminars, exhibitions, essay prizes, scholarships, lecture series, etc., highlighting the holding of six International Congresses about the life and work of María Zambrano, which took place in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2009 and 2019. Find out about the latest events here.
Baruj Salinas. Encuentro con la belleza.
(A meeting with beauty)
Exhibition “Baruj Salinas. Encuentro con la belleza”.
Vélez-Málaga y María Zambrano
(Vélez-Málaga and María Zambrano.)
We travel to Vélez-Málaga to discover the extraordinary legacy that the philosopher María Zambrano left in her hometown. Its squares, streets and parks hold the memory of one of the most important figures of Western thought in the 20th century.
Descubre la Fundación María Zambrano
(Get to know the María Zambrano Foundation.)
Short institutional video with images of the María Zambrano Foundation and its headquarters at the Beniel Palace in Vélez-Málaga.
