Florina Alías

Florina Alías (Colloto, 1921 - Gijón, Asturias, 1999) was a Spanish author, a member of the Xeneración de la posguerra.

[1] A bilingual writer in Spanish and Asturian,[2][3] she began publishing in the 1950s in regional newspapers.

She married the writer, Luis Aurelio Álvarez.

In her texts, Alías presents an idealized but alive Asturias, narrating in a clear, clean and natural language.

She won many prizes in Asturian language and Spanish language including the "I Andecha de los Amigos del Bable", the "II Concursu de Cuentos del Centru Asturianu de Madrid" (1980) with the story, Señaldaes del Sueve, as well as the first prize on seafaring poetry convened by the Spanish Naval League.