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María Laura Espido Freire (her pen name is just her
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Espido Freire) is a writer born in
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on 16 July 1974. She is a recipient of the
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.


Biography

Espido Freire dedicated her early years to the study and performance of
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. She received a degree in English philology from the
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, where she also studied for a master's degree in editing. She made her literary debut with the novel ''Irlanda'' in 1998. It has been translated into several languages. The French version of the novel, translated by Eva Calveyra, won the Millepage Prize in France. As of 2007, an English translation of ''Irlanda'' is underway. The first chapter appeared in The Violet Issue of 'Fairy Tale Review'' edited by
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. Another excerpt from the novel was published in the Summer 2007 issue of ''The Modern Review''. In 1999, she was awarded the
Premio Planeta The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is the ...
for her novel ''Melocotones helados.'' She is the youngest writer to have won this well-funded literary award. Her novels have been translated into several languages, including French, German, Turkish, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese. She has an interest in teaching
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and has taught at several universities. In 2007, she won the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla for her novel ''Soria Moria''. It is also noteworthy that Espido Freire has been active in supporting
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and protection, as for instance she participated in the cycle of conferences which took place in the
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in order to abolish
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.


Works


''Irlanda''

''Irlanda'', published in 1998, is Espido Freire's debut novel. It tells the story of Natalia, a fifteen-year-old girl with a strong imagination. Natalia has two sisters one of whom, Sagrario, has recently died after a long illness.


Works in English

* ''Irlanda,'' Fairy Tale Review Press ; 2011.


Novels

* ''Irlanda'' (
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, Planeta, 1998). * ''Donde siempre es octubre'' (
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,
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, 1999). * ''Melocotones helados'' (winner of
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1999;
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, Planeta, 1999). * ''Diabulus in musica'' (
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, Planeta, 2001). * ''Nos espera la noche'' (
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,
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, 2003). * ''La diosa del pubis azul'' (
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, Planeta, 2005). With Raúl del Pozo. * ''Soria Moría'' (
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, Algaida Editores, 2007). * ''Hijos del fin del mundo: De Roncesvalles a Finisterre '' (winner of IV Premio Llanes de Viajes; (
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, Imagine Ediciones, 2009). * ''La flor del Norte'' (
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, 2011) . * ''Quería volar'' (
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, 2014) . * ''Para vos nací'' (
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, 2015) .


External links

*
Espdo Freire on the University of Aberdeen website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freire, Espido 1974 births Living people 21st-century Spanish novelists Writers from Bilbao University of Deusto alumni 21st-century Spanish women writers