Sònia Hernández (born 1976) is a Spanish writer. She was born in

Tarrasa Terrassa () is a city in central-eastern Catalonia and in the province of Barcelona (Spain). It is one of the two capitals of Vallès Occidental county, being the larger in both area and population. The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ''Te ...

in the

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and

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. She has also written literary criticism for ''

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''. She is the coordinator of the literary research magazine ''Quaderns de Vallençana'', dedicated to the humanist

Juan Ramón Masoliver Juan Ramon Masoliver (1910–1997) was a Spanish art critic, essayist and translator. He was a pioneer of the Surrealist movement in Catalonia, helping to found the Surrealist magazine ''Helix'' in 1929, with Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel. Living ...

Michael Ende Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy '' The Neverending Story'' (with its 1980s film adaptation and a 1995 animated television ...

is among her favourite writers. In 2010, she was named by

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as one of the best young writers in the Spanish language.

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1976 births Living people 21st-century Spanish writers 21st-century Spanish women writers People from Terrassa {{Spain-writer-stub