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Manuel Astur
Manuel Astur (born 1980) is a Spanish writer and journalist. He teaches literature at the Escuela de Letras de Gijón. Astur has written a number of books, among them: * ''Y encima es mi cumpleaños'' (And It's My Birthday On Top of Everything, 2013, poetry) * ''Quince días para acabar con el mundo'' (Fifteen Days to End the World, 2014, novel) * ‘Seré un anciano hermoso en un gran país’ (I'll Be a Handsome Old Man in a Great Country, 2015, essay). His book ''San, el libro de los milagros'' (''Of Saints and Miracles'') was translated into English by Claire Wadie for Peirene Press and New Vessel Press. Honours In 2017, Astur was named one of the most promising writers in Europe by the New Voices from Europe initiative from Literary Europe Live. Other writers named were Andrei Dósa (Romania), Arvis Viguls (Latvia), Asja Bakić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Bronka Nowicka (Poland), Charlotte Van den Broeck (Belgium), Llyr Gwyn Lewis (Wales), Nathalie Ronvaux (Luxembourg), Sophie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Divry
Sophie Divry, (born 1979 in Montpellier) is a French writer. Between 2004 and 2010, she was a journalist at the monthly '. Since 2016, she has been a participant on the radio program on France Culture. Works *2010: ''La Cote 400'', Montréal-Paris, Canada-France, Éditions Les Allusifs, 64 p. - rééd. 10/18, 2013. :: - translated into English under the title ''The Library of Unrequited Love,'' by Siân Reynolds :: - Aso translated into Ccastillan, Catalan, Swedish, Italian and persian. *2013: ''Journal d’un recommencement'', Lausanne, Switzerland, Éditions Noir sur Blanc, series "Notabilia", 80 p. *2014: ''La Condition pavillonnaire'', Lausanne, Éditions Noir sur Blanc, series "Notabilia", 262 p. . :- Prix Wepler 2014 (Mention Spéciale). :: - translated into English under the title ''Madame Bovary of the Suburbs,'' by Alison Anderson. *2015: ''Quand le diable sortit de la salle de bain'', Lausanne, Suisse, Éditions Noir sur Blanc, series "Notabilia", 144 p. ::- t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Writers
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Gabriela Ybarra
Gabriela Ybarra (b. 1983) is a Spanish writer. Her novel, ''The Dinner Guest'', was nominated for the International Booker Prize in 2018. Life Ybarra was born into a politically active family in Vizcaya, in Spain. Her grandfather, Javier de Ybarra y Bergé, was a former mayor of Bilbao, and fought on the side of the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. In 1977 he was kidnapped and murdered by members of the Basque separatist group, Eta. Ybarra lives in Madrid, works as a social media analyst, and has one son. Writing Ybarra's book, ''The Dinner Guest'', is a work of autofiction, based on her own family's history. She has drawn on her grandfather's kidnap and murder by Basque separatists Basque nationalism ( eu, eusko abertzaletasuna ; es, nacionalismo vasco; french: nationalisme basque) is a form of nationalism that asserts that Basques, an ethnic group indigenous to the western Pyrenees, are a nation and promotes the poli ... in 1977, as well as her family' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Medel
Elena Medel ( Córdoba, 1985) is a Spanish poet. She lives in Madrid. She is the editorial director of La Bella Varsovia, a publishing house centered on poetry. She has published the poetry books ''Mi primer bikini'' (2002; translated into English by Lizzie Davis, ''My First Bikini'', 2015), ''Tara'' (2006) and ''Chatterton'' (Loewe Young Poets Prize, 2014) and the chapbooks ''Vacaciones'' (2004) and ''Un soplo en el corazón'' (2007); she is also the author of ''El mundo mago'' (2015), an essay about Antonio Machado. Medel has reunited her poems in the volume ''Un día negro en una casa de mentira'' (2015), and she has been translated into a dozen of languages. Works Books of poetry * ''Mi primer bikini'' (Premio Andalucía Joven 2001; Barcelona, DVD, 2002). 64 pages * ''Vacaciones'' (Almería, El Gaviero, 2004). 32 pages, . * ''Tara'' (Barcelona, DVD, 2006). 80 pages, . Criticism * ''Todo un placer: antología de relatos eróticos femeninos'' (Córdoba, Berenice Berenice ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Gómez Bárcena
Juan Gómez Bárcena (born 1984) is a Spanish author and literary critic. He was born in Santander, and studied literature and history at the Complutense University of Madrid. He also studied philosophy at the National University of Distance Education (UNED). His first volume of stories ''Los que duermen'' (''Those who sleep'') was published in 2012. His acclaimed debut novel ''El cielo de Lima'' appeared in 2014, and has been translated into German. The story recounts the famous incident from 1904 when the poet Juan Ramón Jiménez Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high ... engaged in correspondence with an imaginary female admirer in Lima, who in reality were two Peruvian literary pranksters. In 2017, Bárcena published the novel ''Kanada''. He has received a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matías Candeira
Matías Candeira (born 1984) is a Spanish writer. He was born in Madrid. He works as a freelance journalist and also teaches creative writing. Candeira is the author of the novel Fiebre (Candaya, 2015) and several collections of stories. Among these, the most notable are: * Antes de las jirafas (Páginas de Espuma, 2011) * Ya no estaremos aquí (Salto de Página, 2017) * Moebius (Algaida, 2019) ''Moebius'' won the received the Kutxa Ciudad de San Sebastián award in 2018. In 2021, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation named Candeira as one of the "10 de 30 10 de 30 is a literary project conducted by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), with the goal of identifying and promoting the best young writers in Spain. Ten writers are chosen in each edition of "10 de 30", all ...", a project that identifies the most outstanding Spanish authors under the age of forty. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Candeira, Matias Spanish writers 1984 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Carrasco
Jesús Carrasco, born 1972 in Olivenza, is a Spanish writer. He held a wide range of jobs in his youth, from PE teacher to grape-picker to graphic designer. In 1992, he moved to Madrid where he began his writing career. In 2005, he moved to Seville, where he still lives. Carrasco's debut novel ''Intemperie'' appeared in 2013 to critical acclaim and has been translated into more than twenty languages, as well as made into a film, ''Out in the Open''. It won a number of prizes and was nominated for several more. His second novel ''La tierra que pisamos'' (2016) won the EU Prize for Literature. His third book ''Llévame a casa'' was published in February 2021.Jesús Carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Mesa
Sara Mesa (born 1976) is a Spanish writer. Born in Madrid, she has lived in Seville since childhood. As a poet, she won the Premio Nacional de Poesía Miguel Hernández in 2007 for ''Este jilguero agenda''. Since then, she has published the novels ''Un incendio invisible'' ( Premio Málaga de Novela) and ''El trepanador de cerebros'', and the short story collections ''No es fácil ser verde'' and ''La sobriedad del galápago''. Her novel '' Cuatro por cuatro'' was nominated for the Premio Herralde The Premio Herralde is a Spanish literary prize. It is awarded annually by the publishing house Anagrama Anagrama is a Spanish publisher founded in 1969 by Jorge Herralde. In 2010 it was sold to the Italian publisher Feltrinelli. Since 1969, Ana .... Bibliography Novels *''El trepanador de cerebros'' (2010). ''The Trepanner''. *''Un incendio invisible'' (2011; re-edited 2017). ''An Invisible Fire''. *''Cuatro por cuatro'' (2012). ''Four by Four'', trans. Katie Whittemore (Open L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Cultural
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Steinunn G
Steinunn may refer to: *Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 1981), Icelandic television personality, actress, and former Ms. Iceland *Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, Icelandic actress, writer and producer *Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710), Icelandic poet *Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir (born 1972), Managing Director of Glitnir Bank in London, UK *Steinunn Refsdóttir, Icelandic skaldic poetic active at the end of the 10th century *Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950), Icelandic author *Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (fatahönnuður), Icelandic fashion designer *Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 1965), Icelandic politician, and a former mayor of Reykjavík {{given name Icelandic feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Ronvaux
Nathalie Ronvaux (born 1977) is a Luxembourgish poet and playwright who writes in French. For her poetry collection ''Vignes et louves'' (Vines and She-wolves) she received the Servais Encouragement Prize in 2011. In 2013 she won first prize in Luxembourg's National Literary Contest for her play ''La Vérité m'appartient'' (The Truth Belongs to Me) which was first performed in January 2016. Biography Born on 13 June 1977 in Luxembourg City, Nathalie Ronvaux is the daughter of Belgian parents. After primary school in Bertrange, she attended the Lycée Michel Lucius in Luxembourg and the Institut Sainte-Marie in Arlon. She then spend a year studying forensic science Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal ... in Lausanne before returning to Luxembourg to work for the Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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