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María Jesús Rubiera Mata

ماريا خيسوس روبيرا ماتا

Notable figure 1942–2009 · Source: Rubiera Mata, María Jesús, authority record, Bibliothèque nationale de France; Dirasat Istishraqiyya, no. 17, Hamdawi, pp. 91–102 · Second source: The Mikel de Epalza and María Jesús Rubiera collection, University of Alicante Library

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Hispano-Arabic literature; Andalusi women poets

Biography

A Spaniard who taught at the Complutense University in Madrid, then held the chair of Arabic and Islamic studies at Alicante and founded the journal Sharq al-Andalus. She edited and translated the diwan of Ibn al-Jayyab. Her books include Ibn al-Jayyab, the other poet of the Alhambra (1982), Architecture in Arabic literature, a bibliography of Hispano-Arabic literature (1988), Poesía femenina hispanoárabe (1990) and Literatura hispanoárabe (1992).