Isabel-Clara Simó

Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor (4 April 1943 – 13 January 2020) was a Spanish journalist and writer. She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language.

Simó was awarded several prizes, including the Premi Sant Jordi in 1993. As a journalist, she was the director of Canigó magazine and had a daily column in the newspaper Avui. She was a delegate of the Culture Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Biography

Isabel-Clara Simó was BSc+MSc on Philosophy for the Universitat de València and Journalism, and PhD on Romance Philology. She taught at Bunyol and afterwards at the IES Ramon Muntaner of Figueres, a town where her kids were born, and at the IES Sant Josep de Calasanç of Barcelona. She turned to journalism in 1972 as a director of the weekly ''Canigó'' and collaborated on a regular basis in several media. She created in her tales and novels a number of complex characters who have conflictive relationships, such as ''La Nati'' (1991), ''Raquel'' (1992), those from ''Històries perverses'' (1992) or those from ''T'imagines la vida sense ell?'' (2000). Some works as '' Júlia'' (1983) or '' D'Alcoi a Nova York'' (1987) was set on Alcoi, her birthplace.

She was awarded the Sant Jordi prize in 1993, for ''La salvatge''. She was deputy of Books for the Departament de Cultura of the Generalitat de Catalunya. In 1999 she received the Creu de Sant Jordi, for her career. The collection ''Dones'' (1997) was adapted to the cinema in 2000. She also published ''L'home que volava en el trapezi'' (2002) and her collection of articles at the journal ''Avui'', titled ''En legítima defensa''. She also had a great success, both from critics and audience, for her theatre piece ''Còmplices'', taken to the scenarios by Pep Cortès.

In 1993 she won the '' Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de narració'' for ''Històries perverses''. In 2001 she received the Andròmina prize for her work ''Hum... Rita!: L'home que ensumava dones'', and in 2004 the Crítica dels Escriptors Valencians prize for her essay ''En legítima defensa''. In 2007, she won the '' Premi de Novel·la Ciutat d'Alzira'' with '' El meu germà Pol''.

As a journalist, she was director of the weekly ''Canigó'', she wrote a number of articles for the journal ''Avui'' and nowadays for ''El Punt Avui''.

In 2009 she was awarded the Trajectòria prize at the '' Setmana del Llibre en Català''. According to the organization, this award recognizes the huge work of the writer and her effort in protecting the Catalan language. In 2013, she received the Golden Medal of the City council of Alcoi, as well as its Key to the City.

In 2017 she won the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes.

Selected works

* ''Júlia'' (1983)
* ''D'Alcoi a Nova York'' (1988)
* ''La veïna'' (1990)
* ''La Nati'' (1991)
* ''Raquel'' (1992)
* ''Històries perverses'' (1992)
* ''La Salvatge'' (1994)
* ''Dones'' (1997)
* ''El gust amarg de la cervesa'' (1999)
* ''T'imagines la vida sense ell?'' (2000)
* ''Carta al meu nét. Sobre el nacionalisme'' (2000)
* ''La Nati'' (2001)
* ''Estimats homes (una caricatura)'' (2001)
* ''L'home que volava en el trapezi'' (2002)
* ''En legítima defensa'' (2003)
* ''Angelets'' (2004)
* ''Adeu-Suau'' (2006)
* ''El caníbal'' (2007)
* ''Un Tros de Cel'' (2012)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simo, Isabel Clara
1943 births
2020 deaths
People from Alcoy
Writers from the Valencian Community
Catalan-language writers
Spanish women writers
Spanish women journalists
Women writers from Catalonia
Deaths from motor neuron disease in Spain