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 Clair or Claire may refer to: *Claire (given name), a list of people with the name Claire *Clair (surname) Places Canada * Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska * Clair Parish, New Brunswick * Pointe-Claire, Que ...

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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 Bronka Nowicka (born 1974) is a Polish writer and artist. She was born in Radomsk and studied film direction at Łódź Film School. She also studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. She went on to pursue a PhD in fine art, focusing ...

(Poland), Charlotte Van den Broeck (Belgium), Llyr Gwyn Lewis (Wales),

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 Lu ...

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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 ...

(France) and Steinunn G. Helgadóttir (Iceland). In 2016, Astur was also named one of the best young writers in Spanish by ''

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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 novel ...

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 Sevill ...

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 t ...

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 Edu ...

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 Engli ...

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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 Y ...

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