{{Short description|Spanish singer-songwriter, poet and actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Maite Dono | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = María Teresa Dono Duro | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|02|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vitoria, Spain | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Singer-songwriter, poet, actress | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = | children = | awards = {{ill|Esquío Poetry Award|es|Premio Esquío de poesía}} (2003) | alma_mater = {{ill|Royal Superior School of Dramatic Art|es|Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático}} }} '''Maite Dono''' (born 17 February 1969) is a Spanish singer-songwriter, poet, and actress.<ref name=AELG>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aelg.org/Centrodoc/GetAuthorById.do?id=autor130 |title=María Teresa Dono Duro |publisher=Galician Writers Association |language=Galician |date=March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070425/http://www.aelg.org/Centrodoc/GetAuthorById.do?id=autor130 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> She is a recipient of the Egoísta International Book Award and the Esquío Poetry Award.

==Biography== Maite Dono studied Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela and graduated in Acting at the {{ill|Royal Superior School of Dramatic Art|es|Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático}} (RESAD) in Madrid.<ref name=AELG/>

In 1993, she began her theatrical activity as an actress. In 1998, she began her musical career with her first solo album: ''Corazón de Brief'', in homage to the folk singer-songwriter {{ill|Emilio Cao|es}}, in which she sang his works accompanied only by the piano of Manuel Gutiérrez.<ref name=AELG/> Dono's second album, titled ''O mar vertical'' (2001), was more personal and included her own songs. The work was accompanied by a book of poems of the same name. She also participated in the ''Cantigas de Nadal'' compilation CD. She has collaborated on projects with different artists from the Galician scene: jazz, accompanying Baldo Martínez and pianist Alberto Conde, performing medieval cantigas with Carlos Beceiro, and works with Roberto Somoza.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/coruna/2007/10/04/jazz-zarzuela-danza-flamenca-pulso-pua/0003_6199097.htm |title=Jazz, zarzuela, danza flamenca y pulso y púa |work=La Voz de Galicia |location=A Coruña |language=Spanish |date=5 October 2007 |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> She has also participated in musical works by Na Lúa and La Musgaña.

Since 2006, Dono has experimented poetically and musically with Intruso.<ref name=AELG/> Her latest contributions to music were in the Miño Project, from bassist Baldo Martínez,<ref name=AELG/> and a duet with Martínez on ''Sons Nús''.<ref name=Sons>{{Cite web |url=https://www.xunta.gal/hemeroteca/-/nova/004517/maite-dono-baldo-martinez-presentaron-nun-concerto-casa-galicia-sons-nus-primeiro |title=Maite Dono e Baldo Martínez presentaron nun concerto na Casa de Galicia 'Sons-Nús' primeiro disco do dúo |trans-title=Maite Dono and Baldo Martínez Present 'Sons-Nús' at the Casa de Galicia, the Duo's First Album |publisher=Xunta de Galicia |location=Madrid |language=Galician |date=7 June 2010 |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> In 2013, she participated as an actress in the play ''Hamlet post scriptum'', directed by Roberto García de Mesa. She has written stories and theatrical works. She has several unpublished books, among which ''Poemas da Mamachán ou de cómo podrecen os fardos'' (in Galician) stands out. Her poems have been part of various anthologies and collective books. She has published in magazines such as ''Salamandria'', ''El Planeta'', ''Madrygal'', and ''Mester de Vandalía''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.fronterad.com/?q=nube-habitada-maite-dono |title=La Nube Habitada |trans-title=The Inhabited Cloud |magazine=Frontera D |language=Spanish |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> She resides in Santiago de Compostela.

==Works== ===Music=== * 1998: ''Corazón de brief'' * 2001: ''O mar vertical'' * 2010: ''Sons nús'', with Baldo Martínez<ref name=Sons/>

===Poetry=== * 1996: ''Manta de sombra'' (in Spanish). Libertarias/Prodhufi.<ref name=Egoísta>{{Cite news |url=http://hemeroteca.sevilla.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1995/12/23/058.html |title=Maite Dono gana el I premio de poesía 'Libros del egoísta' |trans-title=Maite Dono Wins the 1st 'Libros del egoísta' Poetry Award |work=ABC |page=58 |language=Spanish |date=23 December 1995 |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://poemad.com/maite-dono-3/ |title=Maite Dono |magazine=Poemad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212062256/http://poemad.com/maite-dono-3/ |archive-date=12 December 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> * 2000: ''O mar vertical'' (in Galician). Espiral Maior. {{ISBN|9788495625106}}. * 2004: ''Desilencios'' v. Sociedade de Cultura Valle-Inclán. * 2009: ''Circus girl'' (in Spanish). El Gaviero. {{ISBN|9788493661717}} * 2013: ''Sobras'' (in Spanish). El Gaviero.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/ocio/Gaviero-Ediciones-Sobras-Maite-Dono_0_680332602.html |title=El Gaviero Ediciones publica la obra poética 'Sobras' de la escritora Maite Dono |trans-title=El Gaviero Ediciones Publishes the Poetic Work 'Sobras' by the Writer Maite Dono |work=Diario de Almería |language=Spanish |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

===Collective works=== * 2011: ''Tamén navegar'' (in Galician), Toxosoutos.

==Awards and recognitions== * 1995: 1st Egoísta International Book Award, for ''Manta de sombra''<ref name=Egoísta/> * 2003: 23rd {{ill|Esquío Poetry Award|es|Premio Esquío de poesía}}, for ''Desilencios''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/television/2003/11/28/maite-dono-gana-esquio-gallego-luis-artigue-castellano/0003_2204856.htm |title=Maite Dono gana el Esquío en gallego y Luis Artigue en castellano |trans-title=Maite Dono Wins the Esquío in Galician and Luis Artigue in Castilian |first=Ramón |last=Loureiro |work=La Voz de Galicia |location=Ferrol |language=Spanish |date=28 November 2003 |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

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