What is Elena Santiago?
[[File:Elena Santiago.jpg|right|200px]] '''Elena Fernández Gómez''' (8 February 1941 – 3 January 2021), known by the pen name '''Elena Santiago''', was a Spanish writer.<ref name=Letras>{{Cite web |url=http://conocecastillayleon.jcyl.es/web/jcyl/ConoceCastillayLeon/es/Plantilla100Detalle/1284305118158/Cargo/1284316734773/Organigrama |title=Premio Castilla y León de las Letras 2002 |trans-title=2002 Castile and León Award for Letters |publisher=Council of [[Castile and León]] |language=Spanish |access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref> She was born in [[Castile and León]], Spain.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-21-04-2007/abc/CastillaLeon/la-escritora-leonesa-elena-santiago-leera-el-documento-el-lunes-en-la-campa_1632662590586.html |title=La escritora leonesa Elena Santiago leerá el documento el lunes en la campa |trans-title=The Leonés Writer Elena Santiago Will Read the Document on Monday in the Campaign |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |language=Spanish |date=21 April 2007 |access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref> In 1983, she won the [[Felipe Trigo Awards]]. She wrote many [[Christmas]]-related children stories. She wrote ''Cuentos de este siglo'', ''Cien años de cuento'', ''El Faro'', ''Miguel Delibes'', and ''Jorge Guillén''. Santiago died at the age of 79 on 3 January 2021 in [[Valladolid]], Spain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Muere a los 79 años la escritora leonesa Elena Santiago |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/literatura/2021/01/03/5ff22dc721efa043798b4652.html |access-date=4 January 2021 |work=El Mundo |date=3 January 2021 |language=es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Santiago, Elena}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish writers]] {{bio-stub}}