Subsuelo, by Marcelo Luján, awarded with the Premio Ciudad de Santa Cruz at the Tenerife Noir Festival
14/03/2016The novel 'Subsuelo', by Marcelo Luján, wins the Premio Ciudad de Santa Cruz of the Festival Atlántico Tenerife Noir for the best noir genre novel of the 2015 in Spain.Ver más en: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2696533/0/subsuelo-marcelo-luj-premio-ciudad-santa-cruz-tenerife-noir/#xtor=AD-15&xts=467263 http://www.eldigitaldecanarias.net/index.php/cultura/9138-subsuelo-de-marcelo-lujan-premio-ciudad-de-santa-cruz-en-tenerife-noir-2016
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Puente Adentro
Indoor Bridge, Arnoldo Gálvez’ second novel, won the III Premio de Novela BAM Letras. Narrated in thriller-like manner, with a structure that combines two tempos and two narrative voices that intertwine and confront each other, “Indoor Bridge” is the story of a father and his son separated by a crime and twenty years of silence, and is, besides, the story of a woman whose body will be the bridge that will again bring them together. It’s a novel on memory and the desire to recover the past and, at the same time, a wild chronicle, a disquieting tour throughout a country that is unable to heal the wounds left behind by four decades of violence.
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On the Centenary of Camilo José Cela
11/05/2016This year marks the first centenary of the birth of writer Camilo José Cela, and has been declared by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture as “an event of special public interest”. For forty-five years, Cela occupied the Chair Q of the Spanish Royal Academy of Language and won the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras in 1987, the Premio Cervantes in 1995 and, of course, the Nobel 1989. The jury on this last prize highlighted the “provocative vision of helplessness in all human being” present throughout all of the author’s output; a vision that soaks “The Family of Pascual Duarte”, where Cela brilliantly recounts the heart wrenching story of desolate soul. Destino published a new edition of it this year. This week, the same imprint published Cela, piel adentro, (Cela, inside skin) a book where the Nobel’s son tries to bring us closer to his father’s figure, to demystify him all while painting a more intimate picture. More about the Centenary: https://fundacioncela.wordpress.com/ Photo: © Instituto Cervantes
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Abad, Mercedes
Mercedes Abad debuted as a writer with Ligeros libertinajes sabaticos (Light Sabbatical Libertinage, 1986), a book of short stories which was awarded the Premio La Sonrisa Vertical. She has published the short story books Felicidades conyugales (Marital Happiness), Soplando al viento (Blowing in the Wind, 1995), Amigos y fantasmas (Friends and Ghosts, 2004), winner of the NH Vargas Llosa Award, Media docena de robos y un par de mentiras (Half a Dozen Heists and a Couple of Lies, 2009), La niña gorda (The Fat Child, 2014) and Casa en venta (House for Sale, 2020). She is also the author of the novels Sangre (Blood, 2000), El vecino de abajo (Downstairs’ Neighbour, 2007) and the essay Solo dime donde lo hacemos (Just Tell where can we do it, 1991). She has also written radio and theater scripts such as Pretèrit perfecte (Present Perfect), Se non è vero (If it’s not True) and Bunyols de Quaresma (Lent Fritters). She has staged Dangerous Liaisons by Christopher Hampton, and has collaborated in the playwriting of the show XXX with the adaptation of Philosophy in the Bedroom, by the Marquis de Sade, produced by La Fura dels Baus. She regularly writes in a number of news media outlets. Her write-ups in the supplement Catalonia of El País have been compiled into the volume Titúlate Tú (Name Yourself, 2002). Her work has been translated into several languages.
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Biedma, Juan Ramón
Juan Ramón Biedma was born in Seville, studied Law, and for years has devoted himself to emergency management, an activity that he has combined with that of radio announcer, screenwriter and film critic, as well as collaborating in various publications and anthologies -The Black List, Probation and other stories, Guernika Variations, The Bible-The book, Coven... God’s Manuscript (Editions B), special mention by the jury during the 2004, II Premio de Novela of Gijón’s Semana Negra, and runner-up to the Memorial Silverio Cañada prize, marks his debut in the field of the novel, kicking off a trajectory that would be followed with The Monster’s Mirror (Editions B)—required reading in Mexico's medical school—and The Magnet and the Compass (Editions B), Hammett, NOVELPOL and Crucedecables awards for the best police novel in 2007. Then came The Transylvania Effect (Roca Editorial) and the graphic novel, Riven, and The Observatory City (Editions B). In June 2010, he published Smoke in the Bottle (Salto de Página), nominated for the Hammett Prize and worthy of the Premio Especial de la Dirección of La Semana Negra 2010, NOVELPOL award and considered by Gangsterera as the best novel of 2010. In February of 2011, Antirresurrección (Ediciones Dolmen) appears, which was nominated for the NOVELPOL 2012 and the CELSIUS award for the best fantasy novel of the year. In September 2014, he won the Premio Valencia de Novela Negra, awareded by the Valencia Provincial Council for his work Your Magnificent Vengeful Eyes when Everything has Occured, edited by Lengua de Trapo in February 2015. In 2020 he published The Sound of your Hair, winner of the XXI Premio Unicaja de Novela Fernando Quiñones. His books are continually re-edited and quoted, and have a large and unconditional following. They have been translated into Portuguese, Greek, German, Russian and Turkish His latest novel is Crisanta (Alianza, 2023) www.juanramonbiedma.es/
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¿Te dio miedo la sangre?
“Were you scared by the Blood?” written by Sergio Ramirez in Berlin between 1973 and 1975, is a novel whose main characters, as the author makes clear in the prologue to this edition, are “failed conspirators, military men who pay with their lives the uprising, prisoners living in cages next to those of wild beasts, exiles without fortune, wandering hawkers, godforsaken cabaret bartenders, musical trios dragged about by the downpour of violence.” There is also a Miss Nicaragua, who is so thanks to a rigged election result (sad allegory of the generalized fraud of present-day politics), a piñatas salesperson persecuted for sedition, Rubén Darío kept in formaldehyde, another head carried in a bag of line from Honduras, baseball players, boxers, gamblers, prostitutes or healers. And, of course, the man, the dictator that vertebrates from the shadow, and infecting everything of the fierce and dirty darkness he embodies, events, landscapes and biographies. Set in the Nicaragua in-between the cruel transition between the Somoza regime and the Sandinista one, some thirty years of ups and downs and hard clashes (also of hope and heroics), “Were you scared by the Blood?” is an indispensable novel to understand from within how institutionalized injustices produce wounds that only the courage of a people up in arms can heal. Written with great rhythm, lots of humor, ability to analyze, profound empathy and top notch literature, would be the first declaration of engagement by Sergio Ramírez, Premio Cervantes 2017, with a country of which, just after it went to print, he’d become vice-president.
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Algaida reissues "The Violinist of Mauthausen", the best selling novel amongst those awarded with the Ateneo de Sevilla
17/06/2014The Violinist of Mauthausen, by Andrés Pérez Domínguez, won the XLI Premio Ateneo de Sevilla in 2009 by unanimous; it was praised by unquestionable authors such as the last winner of the National Award in Narrative José María Merino, who welcomed its thematic novelty and literary vocation. Five years later, its well-balanced mixture of History, intrigue, espionage, adventure, lwar and romance, which portrays the Holocaust from the perspective of exiled Spaniards, has turned it into the bestselling novel amongst all those awarded with this prize, with more than 60.000 copies sold and a new edition that has just hit the stores. Such a long running seller that reaches new readers every day and still has a bright future to come.
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Palabras de otro lado
II Premio de Narrativa Juan Goytisolo de Alcobendas Aurora is a young thirty-year-old lawyer who lives in Lima. She is a successful professional and leads a peaceful life. At the start of this novel—after the secret that her mother reveals on her deathbed—she suddenly finds herself on the edge of a precipice. She discovers that her father is a Spaniard living in Madrid and, after some initial hesitations, decides to travel in search of him. Throughout her journey in a city that she does not know, she runs into a series of characters. Carlos, Nuria, Paco, Luis and others will accompany her on a day of personal revelations and substitutions of the past. Set in Madrid and Barcelona, the novel follows the exploration of this young woman in the labyrinths of her identity. Gradually, as she approaches the truth as to who her father is and who she is, she recognizes a ghost from her past. Provided with humor, suspense and language that delves into the characters’ unconscious, “Words from Elsewhere” is a story of our time. Aurora is Latin American, Peruvian and also Spanish. She is young, while at the same time is overwhelmed by her past. She is a migrant who did not realize it. Many stories and secretes run through her blood, from different cultures and countries. All the characters she meets in Spain, migrants by vocation and by necessity, recognize her as one of their own. Traveler who walks firmly and gropingly, Aurora will discover, however, towards the end of the novel, that her father is someone quite different from who she expected.
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Bolea, Juan
España Juan Bolea (Spain, 1952) has a degree in History and Geography, though he has been working as a journalist for twenty years. He started his literary career with the short novel El palacio de los jardines oblicuos (The Palace of the Slanting Gardens), which received the Ciudad de Alcalá Award in 1981. Then he published two novels that were highly acclaimed by the critics: Mulata (Mulata, Mira 1992), set in Castro´s Cuba, and El color del Índico (The Color of the Indian Ocean, Rey Lear 1996/2008), which takes place in Africa. While directing cultural affairs for the city of Zaragoza, he promoted rock concerts –an experience from which he drew the inspiration for writing: El manager (The Manager, Ediciones B 2001). With Los hermanos de la costa (The Brothers from the Coast, Ediciones B 2005), Bolea began the successful series protagonizing the deputy inspector Martina de Santo, which was followed-up with La mariposa de obsidiana (The Obsidian Butterfly, Ediciones B 2006), Crímenes para una exposición (Crimes for an Exhibition, Ediciones B 2007), Un asesino irresistible (An Irresistible Assasin, Ediciones B 2009) and Orquídeas negras (Black Orchids, Espasa Calpe 2010). With his novel La melancolía de los hombres pájaro (The Birdmen´s Sadness, Martínez Roca 2011) he won the II Premio Abogados de Novela (The II Novel Lawyers Award). His latest novel is El síndrome de Jerusalén (The Jerusalem Syndrome, Ediciones B 2016). www.juanbolea.com/
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"The Seamstress", by María Dueñas, reaches its twelfth edition in The Netherlands
11/04/2014The Seamstress continues to conquer Europe. We've just received copies of the twelfth edition in The Netherlands. With the title Het geluid van de nacht, the publishing house Wereldbibliotheek has sold more than 60.000 copies of the book since it came out in April 2012. The Seamstress, with more than a million readers in Spain, has been turned into a successful TV series and awarded prizes such as the Ciudad de Cartagena to the best historical novel or the Premio de Cultura 2011, and is definitely an international literary phenomenon.
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La bruma verde
Premio de Novela Fernando Lara 2020 A love story and the wish to improve the world. A grand adventure in the heart for Africa. Bineka, born in the depths of one of the last “green lungs” on the planet, is captured by Maxime and his men, who have taken over her village. But mother nature protects her and she is adopted by a clan of chimpanzees and lives with them for several months. In the meantime, Lola Freixido, a successful executive, travels to the Congo to rescue her best friend, Beatriz Arriondas, a corporate in climate control who has been kidnapped. Bineka and Lola face a complex corrupt plot and go through hardships together with Colin Blackhill, a British executive who crosses their path and who will help the young woman fight to save her environment. A fast pacing thriller. An ecological plea, a cry for conservationism and a moving love story in the legendary African jungle.
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Bris, Diego
Diego Bris Cabrerizo (Guadalajara, 1973) is a civil engineer. A lover of rivers, the countryside, good conversation with friends, and cooking, he currently balances his professional career with his passion for literature. As a writer, he began in the field of short stories, tales, and poetry, where he won several awards. Since 2011, he has devoted his literary work exclusively to fiction novels. To date, he has published Metropolitano (finalist of the I Premio Hispania de Novela Histórica 2012), Solo los hombres entierran (finalist of the XX Premio Fernando Lara 2015), La vaca (2017), Lejos no es un lugar (2019), and Paris Was Not a Dream, his debut title with Ediciones B.
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José María Merino awarded with the National Narrative Prize (Spain's Culture Ministery)
28/10/2013The Literary Agency Antonia Kerrigan wants to congratulate the author José María Merino for receiving, the well deserved, Premio Nacional de Narrativa 2013 (National Narrative Award 2013) for his novel; The River of Eden (El río de edén) published in 2012 by Editorial Alfaguara. José María Merino is a member of the Real Academia Española (Spanish Royal Academy) and has received various awards for his works that include, narrative, young adult literature, short stories, essays and poems. His first novel, The Novel by Andrés Choz, (La Novela de Andrés Choz) published in 1976, won the Novel and Short Story Award. In 1985 he was distinguished with the Critics Awards for his novel; The Dark Shore, (La orilla oscura). In 1993 he was given the National Young Adult and Children’s Literature Award for; I’m Not a Book, (No soy un libro). The novel Lucrecia’s Visions, (Las visiones de Lucrecia) (1996) received the Miguel Delibes Narrative award. In 2004, the novel The Heir, (El heredero) won the Ramón Gómez de la Serna Award and The Place without Guilt, (El lugar sin culpa), won the Torrente Ballester Award. The River of Eden; (El río del edén) has also won the critic Award of Castilla and León. The jury highlighted The River of Eden as: “a book in which the author has adopted a second auto-reflexive voice in order to bring life to a familiar micro-cosmos, that revolves around a boy with a disability and the crisis that his appearance provokes on family life. It is a technically risky work that has been well resolved, and that gains tension as the story advances and its crucial problems, like the right to a dignified death, find themselves perfectly exposed.”
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Castro, Luisa
España Luisa Castro was born in Foz (Lugo) in 1966 and holds a degree in Hispanic philology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. A twenty-one she was awarded the Premio Hiperión de Poesia, for Los Versos del Eunuco (The Eunuch’s Verses), and at twenty-four was the runner-up of the Premio Herralde de Novela for El Somier (The Mattress). Ever since, she has worked as a literary critic and collaborated for newspapers such as the ABC, El País, El Periódico de Catalunya, El Mundo, La Voz de Galicia, and Radiotelevisión de Galicia. She was got a Fulbright scholarship to study film at Columbia and New York University, and on her return from New York she taught movie script a the Institut d’Humanitats de Barcelona, and afterwards has given writing courses at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. She has been the director of the Instituto Cervantes of Naples for five years. She presently runs Instituto Cervantes at Bordeaux, and continues to collaborate with the travel supplement of El País: Viajes de El País. As a poet she has written seven books: Odisea Definitiva (The Definite Odyssey, Arnao, 1984), Los versos del eunuco (The Eunuch’s Verses, Hiperión, 1987), Baleas e Baleas (Shots and Shots, runner-up to the Premio Esquío, Fundación Valle-Inclán, 1998), Los hábitos del Artillero (The Artilleryman’s Habits, Premio Rey Juan Carlos I de Poesía, Visor, 1990), De mí haré una estatua ecuestre (I’ll Make an Equestrian Statute of Myself, Hiperión, 1997), Amor mi Señor (Love my Lord, Tusquets, 2004) and Actores vestidos de calle (Actors in Street Clothes, Visor, 2018). As a narrator, she has received the Premio Biblioteca Breve for her novel La segunda mujer (The Second Woman, Seix-Barral, 2006), and the Premio Torrente Ballester for her short stories book Podría hacerte daño (I could Hurt You, Ediciones del Viento, 2004) and the Premio Azorín for El secreto de la lejía (The Secret of Bleach, Planeta, 2001). Besides that, she has published Viajes con mi padre (Travels with my Father, Planeta, 2003), La fiebre amarilla (Yellow Fever, Anagrama, 1996), and El Somier (The Mattress, Anagrama, 1990) Part of her journalistic work in Spanish is collected in the volume Diario de los años apresurados (Diary of the Hurried Years, Hiperión, 1998) and in the book Melancolía de sofa (Sofa-like Melancholy, Xerais, 2009), which is a collection of her collaborations in Galician, her mother tongue. For her collaborations in written media she has received the Premio Puro Cora for journalism. And for her entire output she was been awarded the Premio de Vieira de Plata in 2006. The Premio Quaderni Iberoamericani in 2016, and the Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica in 2017, for her work in the dissemination of culture. She is considered by the critique as one of the most innovative voices of the nineties, and part of her novels and books of poetry are translated into French, Italian, English, German, Dutch and Hebrew.
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El verano en que llegaron los lobos
Winner Premio Gran Angular It's hard to fit in in a bird town when you're a deer. The summer I saw lights on the island, I expected lots of things. Some big and some small. I was hoping my father would agree that I leave the village; I was hoping Samuel would come down to the beach; I was hoping Alicia and Clara would see me as I was, and not as they wanted me to be; I was hoping I would fit in somehow, if only to say goodbye....
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Cela, Camilo José
1916 For forty-five years, Cela occupied the Chair Q of the Spanish Royal Academy of Language and won the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras in 1987, the Premio Cervantes in 1995 and, of course, the Nobel 1989. The jury on this last prize highlighted the “provocative vision of helplessness in all human being” present throughout all of the author’s output; a vision that soaks “The Family of Pascual Duarte”, where Cela brilliantly recounts the heart wrenching story of desolate soul.
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A day with Dad and Dadda
The families of our times can be very diverse: Look around and see for yourself. But something that almost all families have in common is love. With a sweet story and amusing illustrations, this book teaches that there are many valid ways to relate to and love each other. AUTHOR WINNER OF THE CHILDREN AWARD PREMIO CAMPOYADA FOR 2020
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Reyes Calderón, wins the IV Lawyer Award for Novels
04/03/2013The Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency wishes to congratulate the author Reyes Calderón for winning this year’s IV Edition Lawyer Award for Novels. On the 1st of March the panel of judges comprised of writers; Lorenzo Silva, Silvia Grijalba, Maxim Huerta andNativel Preciado as well as José Calabrús Lara (voice of the Governing Board, president of the Benefits Committee and Vice-President of the Legal Funds Foundation) and Carmen Fernández de Blas (Editorial director for Ediciones Martínez Roca, Grupo Planeta); ruled unanimously that the winner of this year’s edition is the novel; “El jurado número 10” (Trial Number 10) by Reyes Calderón “In this book, the trial has been highlighted, it’s fantastic literary factor, it’s easy comprehension, the ability to surprise the reader, in an extraordinarily armed plot and that with a sense of humor provides a vision of the ups and downs of the legal system from the point of view of a small office.” Reyes Calderón has published seven novels among those stands out the saga featuring the judge Lola Machor with: “The Last Patient of Doctor Wilson”, “The Prime Number Crimes”, “The Canaima File” and “The Revenge of the Pare Murderer.” El jurado número 10 (Trail Number 10) will be published by the Editorial Planeta (Martínez Roca) the 9th of April. More information (in Spanish): Más noticias: Diario ABC Europa Press Diario de Navarra Planeta de Libros - Noticias
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Toffana
In 17th-century Rome, where women's voices were suppressed and marriage often meant subjugation, emerges the enigmatic figure of Giulia Toffana. Inheriting her mother Theophania D’Adamo's alchemical knowledge, Giulia refines the Acqua Toffana, an undetectable poison that provides abused wives a lethal means to reclaim their autonomy. Together with her daughter Gironima and confidante Giovanna De Grandis, she orchestrates a clandestine network that challenges the patriarchal order and instills fear among Rome's elite.? Awarded the 2025 Premio Primavera de Novela, Vanessa Montfort crafts a historical and judicial thriller that delves into themes of justice, vengeance, and female solidarity amidst societal darkness. Through immersive storytelling, the author invites readers to ponder whether Giulia was a cold-blooded killer or a vigilante who empowered women in an era that sought to silence them.?
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Clara Obligado presented with the IX Setenil Award
31/10/2012“The Book of the Mistaken Travels” by Clara Obligado, is presented with the IX Setenil Award for the best book of short stories published inSpain in 2012, assembled by the City ofMolina de Segura. Yesterday, the 30th. of October, 2012 the IX Setenil Award for the Best Book of Short Stories Published in Spain was celebrated. This award has been converted into a national reference for the short story genre. The jury was chaired, in this occasion, by the author Cristina Fernández Cubas, and accompanied by Anontio Lucas, poet and redactor of Culture for the newspaper El Mundo, and José María Pozuelo Yvancos, professor at the University of Murcia, columnist for the La Vanguardia newspaper and critic for the newspaper ABC. The presentation of the Award will be assisted by the winner and the jury members on the 11th of December en Molina de Segura. Source: Editorial Páginas de Espuma More information: Editorial Páginas de Espuma Vídeo de Clara Obligado realizado por Casa América
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Chacón, Dulce
España In 1992 she published her first book of poems, Querrán ponerle nombre, followed by Las palabras de la piedra (1993). Two years later she won the Premio de Poesía "Ciudad de Irún" with Contra el desprestigio de la altura. Some of her poetical works have been included in Tarde tranquila. Omaggio alla poesia, an anthology of poetry published in Italy. She has published the novels Algún amor que no mate (Plaza & Janés,1996), launched in Greece by II Publishing S.A/Periplous, Blanca vuela mañana (Plaza & Janés, 1997) and Háblame, musa, de aquel varón (Plaza & Janés,1998), another volume of poetry, Matar al ángel (1999), and the play Segunda mano (1998). In 2000 she won the Premio Azorín de Novela for Cielos de barro (German edition: Lubbe, 2002). Her last novel, La voz dormida (Alfaguara, 2002), on the lives of Republican women after the Spanish Civil War, sold 75.000 copies in a few months. It has just been published in France by Plon, and in Portugal by Difel. She died of cancer in 2003.
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Chávez Castañeda, Ricardo
México He was born in Mexico, D.F. in 1961. He has a degree in Psychology and a master in Creative Writing for the New Mexico State University. He has published many books. Among his Children and YA fiction titles we can find Los ensebados (1993, Premio Nacional de Novela Juvenil FILIJ), El secreto de Gorco (1994, Premio Nacional de Cuento Infantil FILIJ), Miedo, el mundo de al lado (1994, Premio Nacional de Novela Juvenil FILIJ), Las montañas azules (1998), La valla (Everest, 2000), La niña que tenía el mar adentro (2001); Fernanda y los niños secretos (Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil «Juan de la Cabada», 2000), Mañanario (Everest, 2006), Salvavidas ( SM, 2006) y Las peregrinas del fuisoyseré (FCE, 2007). Among his books for adults: Y sobrevivir con las manos abiertas. Una historia de todos los fines del mundo (Mexico 2001), El final de las nubes (RBA, 2001), La Conspiración Idiota (México, 2003), El fin de la pornografía (México, 2005), El libro del silencio (Alfaguara, 2007) y Georgia (FCE, 2011). Some of his short stories have been included in anthologies of Latino or Mexican writers published in Cuba, Mexico, Chili, Spain, and the United States. Besides several national prizes, he has won important international prizes, such as: Premio Borges de Cuento (Argentina, 1987), Premio Latinoamericano de Cuento (Mexico, 1994), and Premio Aresti de Cuento (Bilbao, Spain, 2002). He was finalist in the Premio Planeta Joaquín Mortiz (Mexico, 1994), and twice in the Premio Internacional de Novela Negra "Dashiel Hammett" (1998 and 2002). In 1999 he also obtained a honorific mention in the literary contest "Casa de las Américas" (novel).
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Freire, Espido
Espido Freire (Spain, 1974) studied music from an early age and earned a degree in English Philology from the University of Deusto, where she also completed a diploma in Editing and Text Publishing. She made her literary debut with Irlanda (Planeta, 1998), a novel that received the French Millepage Prize. In 1999, she published Donde siempre es octubre (Seix Barral, 1999), and just six months later won the prestigious Premio Planeta for her novel Melocotones helados (1999), becoming the youngest recipient of the award. The novel also earned her the Qué Leer Prize for Best Spanish Novel in 2000. She subsequently published Diabulus in musica (Planeta, 2001), Nos espera la noche (Alfaguara, 2003), the second installment of a trilogy that began with Donde siempre es octubre, and Soria Moria (Algaida, 2007), which won the Ateneo de Sevilla Prize that same year. In 2011, she released the historical novel La flor del Norte, followed by Llamadme Alejandra (2017) and De la melancolía (2019). She is also the author of five essays: Primer amor (Temas de Hoy, 2000), on fairy tales and love; Cuando comer es un infierno (Aguilar, 2002), on eating disorders; Querida Jane, querida Charlotte (Aguilar, 2004), about the life and work of Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters; Mileuristas: la generación de los mil euros (Ariel, 2006), on contemporary Spanish youth; and Mileuristas II: la generación de las mil emociones (Ariel, 2008), which explores the personal relationships of that generation. Espido is also a prolific short story writer and has published several collections, including El tiempo huye (2001), winner of the NH Short Story Prize; Cuentos malvados (Punto de Lectura, 2003); and Juegos míos (Alfaguara, 2004). She is the author of a young adult novel, La última batalla de Vincavec el bandido (SM, 2001), the poetry collection Aland la blanca (Debolsillo, 2001), and a crime novel co-written with Raúl del Pozo, La diosa del pubis azul. She contributes regularly to several national media outlets, including Público, ADN, El Mundo, Onda Cero (Julia en la Onda), and works in television (Paramount Comedy, Tele Aragón), as well as magazines such as Yo Dona, Jano, and Psychologies. She has also worked as a literary translator. Over the past decade, she has taught creative writing courses at leading Spanish and international universities, developed her own teaching methodology, and opened her own literary school in Madrid.
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García Hernández, Álvaro
Álvaro García Hernández is a writer and secondary school teacher specializing in Spanish Language and Literature. Since childhood, he has been closely linked to the world of literature and is the author of several novels aimed at young adult readers. His first literary work, Ana Ynada (EDISENA, 1997), was published after he became a finalist in the First Emilio Murcia Novel Prize. García Hernández is also known for his blog Diario de un Dios Equivocado, launched in 2007 with the aim of connecting with readers through short stories—a form he admits to having learned and refined in this space, which has become one of the most widely read in Spanish today. Both the internet and social media have played a key role in his development as a writer. This is evident in TQMC? Te quiero mucho (Sansy, 2011), a serialized novel that achieved great success thanks to its dissemination on the social network Tuenti, as well as in its sequels, published under the same imprint: Te echo de menos (Sansy, 2012) and El propósito de Ana (Sansy, 2014). In 2019, he published Enero y tú desnuda (Alianza). He was awarded the Gran Angular Prize in 2016 and the Hache Award in 2018 for his children’s novel León Kamikaze. Outside the literary sphere, Álvaro is a simple man, devoted body and soul to his family, and a regular collaborator with FEDER (Spanish Federation for Rare Diseases) © Photo: José Atienza Ha sido galardonado con el Gran Angular 2016 y el Premio Hache 2018 por su novela juvenil León Kamikaze.
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González Antón, César
Licenciado en periodismo, ha trabajado en las redacciones de As, La Vanguardia, El País o Canal +, entre otros medios. Con 29 años lo nombran director de los recién nacidos informativos de laSexta, cargo que continúa ocupando en la actualidad. Bajo su dirección y junto a su equipo ha creado programas emblemáticos de la televisión como Al Rojo Vivo, Más Vale Tarde, laSexta Columna, laSexta Noche, laSexta Clave o Xplica. La Academia de las Ciencias y las Artes de Televisión le otorgó el premio Talento por su exitosa trayectoria profesional detrás de las cámaras. Burgalés de corazón y madrileño de adopción, es padre de dos criaturas y 83 segundos es su primera novela.
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Llorente, David
David Llorente nació en Madrid en 1973. En esta ciudad publica las novelas Kira, premio Francisco Umbral de novela corta en 1998, y El bufón, premio de narrativa Ramón J. Sender 2000. En el año 2002 se trasladó a Praga (República Checa), donde escribe las novelas Ofrezco morir en Praga y De la mano del hermano muerto, esta última también traducida al checo. En esta ciudad crea el grupo de teatro Séptimo miau, cuyas obras escribe y dirige él mismo. Ha representado por casi todos los países de Europa Central y del Este y ha obtenido diversos premios en varios festivales internacionales. Algunas de sus obras han salido publicadas en el libro Los árboles dormidos. Sus últimos libros son Te quiero porque me das de comer (Alrevés 2014), Madrid: Frontera (Alrevés 2016), y Kira (nueva edición de Alrevés, 2017).
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Martínez, Javier
Javier Martínez estudió en la Universidad de Granada y en la Escuela de Cine y Televisión de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, donde obtuvo una beca Fulbright y el Student Academy Award, entre otros premios. Vive en Madrid y trabaja como guionista y director creativo de series de animación (Iron Kid, 2007; Mica, 2014; Emmy & GooRoo, 2020) y supervisor de producción (Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas, 2019; Dragonkeeper, 2021). También ha abordado el álbum ilustrado infantil y la novela juvenil, con obras como la saga de la detective Mina San Telmo (Edebé) y la novela de terror El autor de este libro es un zombi, finalista del Premio Everest de literatura juvenil.
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Merino, José María
Nacido en 1941, ha sido galardonado con los premios Novelas y Cuentos por Novela de Andrés Choz (1976), de la Crítica por La orilla oscura (1985), Nacional de Literatura Juvenil por Los trenes del verano –No soy un libro (1993), Miguel Delibes de Narrativa por Las visiones de Lucrecia (1996), NH de Relatos por Días imaginarios (2002), Ramón Gómez de la Serna de Narrativa por El heredero (2003), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester de Narrativa por El lugar sin culpa (2007) y Salambó por los microrrelatos de La glorieta de los fugitivos (2007). Ha publicado también otras novelas, libros de relatos y antologías de cuentos y leyendas. El volumen Cumpleaños lejos de casa (2006) reúne su poesía completa. En Ficción continua (2004) escribió sobre la invención literaria, y sobre el insomnio en Tres semanas de mal dormir (2006). Sus obras se han traducido a diversas lenguas, y sus relatos, recogidos muchos de ellos en Cincuenta cuentos y una fábula (1997), se incluyen en todas las antologías españolas importantes de los últimos años. Premio Castilla y León de las Letras 2009, es miembro de la Real Academia Española. En 2021 el Ministerio de Cultura de España le concedió el Premio Nacional de las Letras.
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Missana, Sergio
Sergio Missana estudió periodismo en la Universidad de Chile y obtuvo un doctorado en literatura española y latinoamericana en la Universidad de Stanford. Es autor de las novelas El invasor (1997), Movimiento falso (2000, Finalista del Premio Rómulo Gallegos 2001), La calma (2005) y El día de los muertos (2007), y del ensayo La máquina de pensar de Borges (2003). Actualmente es profesor de literatura en el Programa en América Latina de la Universidad de Stanford, en Santiago, Chile. Es colaborador habitual de diversas revistas y suplementos culturales de Chile, Estados Unidos y México.
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Monteagudo, Xosé
Xosé Monteagudo (Pontevedra, 1965). Uno de los escritores más reconocidos de la literatura gallega actual, es autor de varias novelas: As voces da noticia (premio Blanco Amor, 2002), Esta historia (2006), Un tipo listo (premio García Barros, 2009), publicada en castellano por Mar Maior, El curioso mundo de las personas normales (2013), publicada en castellano por Pulp Books, Todo canto fomos (2016, premio Gala do libro Galego y Premio San Clemente a la mejor novela en gallego en el 2017) y Eternity (Premio Repsol de narrativa breve en el 2021).
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Padilla, Ignacio
La obra narrativa y ensayística de Ignacio Padilla ha sido traducida a más de quince idiomas y le ha granjeado una docena de premios nacionales e internacionales, entre ellos, el Premio Primavera Novela 2000, por su novela "Amphitryon", el Premio Mazatlán de Literatura 2006, por su novela "La Gruta del Toscano", y el Premio de Novela La otra orilla, por su novela "El daño no es de ayer". En 2001 publicó el volumen de cuentos "Las antípodas y el siglo", con el que inició la tetralogía Micropedia, cuya segunda parte la forma "El androide y las quimeras" (2008). Ha sido galardono con el Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia otorgado por el Gobierno del Estado de Baja California, 2008; con el Premio Nacional de Obra de Teatro para Niños que otorga el Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila, 2008; y con el Premio Internacional Juan Rulfo de cuento, por su obra "Los anacrónicos". La revista francesa Lire lo enlista entre los cincuenta narradores más importantes para el siglo XXI. Es también autor de los ensayos "El diablo y Cervantes "(Premio Guillermo Rousset Banda), "Cervantes en los infiernos" (Premio Manuel Alvar de Estudios Humanísticos 2011), "La vida íntima de los encendedores" (Premio Málaga 2008), "Arte y olvido del terremoto" (Premio Luis Cardoza y Aragón de Crítica de Artes Plásticas 2008) y "La isla de las tribus perdidas" (Premio Debate-Casa de América 2010).
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Palova, Mariana
Mariana Palova (Mariana Paola Urzúa Pulido) es una escritora y artista digital nacida en Jalisco, México, en 1990. Su trabajo visual, una mezcla personal de ocultismo y mitología, ha sido galardonado a nivel nacional y presentado en más de cincuenta exposiciones artísticas alrededor del mundo. Su primera novela (La Nación de las Bestias: El señor del Sabbath) fue primero autopublicada en español logrando posicionarse como un éxito de ventas gracias a su increíble originalidad. Posteriormente, en 2018, ésta fue adquirida por Editorial Océano México para su reedición en español y por la editorial Mage’s Lantern en Los Ángeles (EEUU) para su traducción y publicación en inglés. Dicha novela fue ganadora del premio a Mejor Libro de Fantasía del Año otorgado por la prestigiosa revista Foreword Magazine en los Estados Unidos, enmarcando a Mariana Palova como una de las escritoras de literatura juvenil actual más interesantes de Latinoamérica. Instagram: @marianapalova
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Pérez Domínguez, Andrés
Andrés Pérez Domínguez (Sevilla, 1969): Autor de las novelas Los perros siempre ladran al anochecer (2015), El silencio de tu nombre (2012), El violinista de Mauthausen (2009, Premio Ateneo de Sevilla y finalista del premio Espartaco en la Semana Negra de Gijón), El síndrome de Mowgli (2008, Premio Luis Berenguer), El factor Einstein (2008) y La clave Pinner (2004, finalista del memorial Silverio Cañada en la Semana Negra de Gijón); las novelas cortas Los mejores años (2002) y Duarte (2002); las colecciones de cuentos El centro de la Tierra (2009, finalista del premio Setenil al mejor libro de cuentos publicado en España) y Estado provisional (2001); y el relato Ojos Tristes (2001).
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Pitol, Sergio
Sergio Pitol (México,1933) es autor de ocho libros de cuentos, entre ellos Vals de Mefisto, que fue editado en España por Anagrama y galardonado (con el título original Nocturno de Bujara) con el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia al mejor libro de relatos publicado en México en 1982, y cinco novelas, El tañido de una flauta (1972), Juegos florales (1982), El desfile del amor (1984), galardonada con el Premio Herralde de Novela, Domar a la divina garza (1988) y La vida conyugal (1991), publicadas en esta colección. Estas tres últimas obras, aunque independientes entre sí, han sido editadas como Tríptico del Carnaval. También se han publicado sus libros a caballo entre diversos géneros literarios El arte de la fuga (1997), El viaje (2001) y El mago de Viena (2005), reunidos en Trilogía de la Memoria. Posteriormente ha aparecido su antología personal Los mejores cuentos (2005). Sergio Pitol ha recibido incontables galardones, entre los que destacan los dos premios más prestigiosos en lengua española para la obra de una vida: el Juan Rulfo en México y el Cervantes en España.
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Ramírez, Sergio
Nicaragua, 1942 Sergio Ramírez was born in 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua. He published his first short stories at the age of eighteen. Whilst studying law he founded the literary magazine “Ventana” (“Window”) and in 1970 published his first novel, Tiempo de fulgor (Glaring Times). Since then till Tongolele no sabía bailar (Tongolele did not know how to dance) there have appeared Ya nadie llora por mí (No One No Longer Cries for Me, Alfaguara, 2017), Un baile de mascaras (Masked Ball), Castigo Divino (Divine Punishment) (Premio Dashiel Hammett in 1990), Margarita está linda la mar (Margarita How Beautiful the Sea) (Premio Alfaguara in 1998), Mil y una muertes (One Thousand and One Deaths), La Fugitiva, (The Fugitive), or the detective novel El cielo llora por mi (The Sky Cries for Me). Another of his constant genres has been the short story, of which stand out the volumes El reino animal (Animal Kingdom), Perdón y olvido (Forgivness and Oblivion), Flores oscuras (Dark Flowers) and his Personal Anthology, 50 Years of Short Stories (Oceáno Mexico, 2017). But also the recollection, Adiós muchachos (Goodbye Fellows, 1999), the essay Mentiras verdaderas (True Lies, 2001) and the indefatigable oped writer. His books have been translated into 20 languages. His latest novel is Ese día cayó en domingo (That Day Fell on a Sunday, 2022). • Cervantes Prize 2017 • Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso, awarded by the Universidad de Talca, Chile, 2011 • Premio Panamá Negro. Feria Internacional del Libro, Panamá, 2017. • Premio Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria (Spanish language), awarded in México, 2014. • Premio del Festival Internacional Metrópolis Bleu, Montreal, Canadá, 2011 • Premio Latinoamericano José María Arguedas, 2000 • Premio Alfaguara de Novela, 1998 • Prix Laure Bataillon, 1998 • Premio Internacional Dashiel Hammett de Novela ,1995 • Named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 1993) www.sergioramirez.com/
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Reimóndez, María
María Reimóndez es una de las autoras y traductoras más destacadas y prolíficas de Galicia. Aunque su primer libro fue un poemario (Moda galega, Ed. Positivas 2002) y haya publicado cinco más desde entonces (uno de ellos en alemán), es más conocida por sus obras en prosa para adultos y niños y por sus libros de no ficción. Ha sido galardonada con algunos de los premios más prestigiosos de Galicia, como el San Clemente por O club da calceta (Xerais 2006), el Premio Xerais de Novela por Dende o conflito (Xerais 2014), el Premio Autora del Año en 2014, el Frei Martín Sarmiento por Lía e as zapatillas de deporte (Xerais 2008) y el Agustín Fernández Paz por Fóra do Normal (Xerais 2018). Reimóndez ha dado conferencias y clases en diferentes universidades y países, incluyendo estancias en Villa Waldberta en Múnich, en la Hofstra and Colgate University de Nueva York, la Universidad de Varsovia o la Universidad de Madrás en Tamil Nadu, por mencionar algunas. Ha sido traducida a varios idiomas y su obra ha sido objeto de estudio de numerosos trabajos académicos. Es conocida por su estilo único, radical y creativo; su aproximación feminista y descolonizadora a la literatura y su firme compromiso social. Ahora mismo, está trabajando en el ambicioso proyecto O ciclo dos elementos, una serie de novelas (7 en total, de las cuales 5 ya han sido publicadas) que pueden ser leídas individualmente pero, si se leen todas juntas, revelan un universo de mujeres que se apoyan las unas a las otras para superar diferentes obstáculos. Al mismo tiempo, continúa escribiendo literatura infantil, no ficción, poesía y teatro.
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Restrepo, Laura
The Colombian author Laura Restrepo has been a professor of literature at the National University of Colombia, as well as editor of the Bogota weekly magazine Semana, where she covered the drug trade for 12 years. In 1984, she was a member of the Peace Commission that brought the Colombian government and the guerrillas to the negotiating table, an experience she later recorded in her first book History of a Hope (1986). More recently she has received a Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction, held a Distinguished Professorship at Cornell University, and travelled with Doctors Without Borders to Yemen, to write about the refugee crisis there. Restrepo is the author of nine novels and novellas, published in over 20 languages. They include Isle of Passion (1989), Leopard in the Sun (1993, which when republished in Spain in 2001, won the Premio Arzobispo San Clemente), The Angel of Galilea (1995, Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in Mexico and Prix France Culture, both in 1997), The Dark Bride (1999, which became a bestseller throughout Latin America), A Tale of the Dispossessed (2001), The Scent of Invisible Roses (2002), No Place for Heroes (2009), and Hot Sur (2012). Her best known novel Delirium (2004) confirmed her critical reputation internationally as a major voice from the Spanish-speaking world. Winner of the prestigious Premio Alfaguara 2004 in Spain (with a jury headed by Nobel author José Saramago), shortlisted in French for the Prix de Meilleur Livre Étranger 2005, awarded the Italian Premio Grinzane Cavour 2006, the novel sold over a quarter of a million copies in Spanish alone. In 2007, she received the VI Premio Nacional de Literatura de Colombia for her body of work. Restrepo currently divides her time between Mexico and Spain. Her most recent novel, Canción de antoguos amantes (Song of Ancient Lovers), was released in 2022. Praise for RESTREPO “An impeccable writer and a courageous person.” --ISABEL ALLENDE “Laura Restrepo breathes life into a singular amalgam of journalistic investigation and literary creation. Thus, the wretchedness and violence which nest in the heart of Colombian society are always present; but also there are her fascination with popular culture and the play of her impeccable humor, of that biting but at the same time tender irony that saves her novels from any temptation toward pathos or melodrama, and infuses them with unmistakable reading pleasure.”--GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ "Restrepo has a total mastery over what she writes, an astonishing but absolute mastery.”--JOSÉ SARAMAGO
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Rivera de la Cruz, Marta
Marta Rivera de la Cruz es licenciada en Ciencias de la Información y especialista en Comunicación Política por la Universidad Complutense. Ganó el Premio de Novela Ateneo Joven de Sevilla 1998, por su primera novela “Que veinte años no es nada” (1998). Posteriormente ha publicado “Linus Daff, inventor de historias” (Plaza & Janés, 2000, libro que ha recuperado Planeta), “Las noches más hermosas” (2001) y “Hotel Almirante” (2002) así como el ensayo “Tristezas de amor” (2003). Ha sido finalista del Premio Planeta 2006 con su novela “En tiempo de prodigios”, y en 2008 obtuvo el Premio Anaya de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil por “La primera tarde después de Navidad”. La novela “La importancia de las cosas”, fue publicada en 2009, y “Sombras”, una obra juvenil, fue publicada en 2010. Después vinieron “La vida después” (2011), "La boda de Kate" (2013), y "Nosotros, los de entonces" (2016). La autora ha realizado también guiones de cine, y colabora habitualmente en distintos medios de comunicación audiovisuales y escritos.
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Ruiz Plaza, Guillermo
Guillermo Ruiz Plaza nació en La Paz, Bolivia, en 1982. En la Universidad de Toulouse, realizó una Licenciatura en Filología Hispánica y una Maestría en Literatura Hispanoamericana. Es autor de los libros de cuentos El fuego y la fábula (Gente común, 2010), La última pieza del puzzle (Ed. 3600, 2013), Sombras de verano (Ed. 3600, 2016) y Cosas que se pierden (E-book, Suburbano Ediciones, 2016). Una antología de sus relatos ha sido traducida y publicada en Francia (Ombres d’été, 2015, Edite-moi) con muy buena acogida crítica. Fue galardonado con el Premio de Literatura Santa Cruz de la Sierra en 2009 y 2012; obtuvo el Premio de Cuento Adela Zamudio en 2016. Es autor de la monografía Eduardo Mitre y la generación dispersa (Ed. 3600, 2013), que estudia el conjunto de la obra poética y ensayística de este importante escritor boliviano. Trabajó como antologador de Vértigos, antología del cuento fantástico boliviano (El Cuervo, 2013). Con Días detenidos obtuvo el XIX Premio Nacional de Novela. Ha sido incluido en diversas antologías de Bolivia y el exterior, y ha sido publicado en prestigiosas revistas, como Caravelle en Francia. Actualmente reside en Albi.
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Sguiglia, Eduardo
Eduardo Sguiglia nació en Rosario, vivió en México entre 1977 y 1982 y desde 1983 reside en Buenos Aires. Fue profesor regular de la UBA y primer embajador argentino en Angola. Es autor de varias investigaciones y ensayos, entre ellos “Agustín Tosco” y “El club de los poderosos”, que merecieron dos premios nacionales de economía. Sus relatos y novelas –“Fordlandia”, “No te fíes de mi si el corazón te falla” y “Un puñado de gloria” – fueron traducidas a diferentes lenguas y distinguidas en los concursos internacionales Dublín Literary Award y Grinzane Cavour. El periódico The Washington Post consideró a “Fordlandia” como una de las cuatro mejores obras de ficción del año 2002. También integró los jurados en narrativa de Casa de las Américas (Cuba) y Casa del Teatro (República Dominicana), y el panel de apertura del Festival de Literatura de Berlín (2007).
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