Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture. 2013.
Premio Nadal — is a Spanish literary prize awarded annually by the publishing house Ediciones Destino, part of Planeta. It has been awarded every year on January 6 since 1944. The current monetary award stand at €18,000 for the winner and since 2010 there has… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
novel — The establishment of the Franco regime at the end of the Civil War had negative consequences for all cultural activity, not least the novel. Those pre war novelists who were not dead or exiled found themselves, for the most part, reduced to… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Ana María Matute — Ana Maria Matute (born 28 July 1926) is an internationally acclaimed author. She is one of the strongest voices from the posguerra , or period immediately following the Spanish Civil War, and is considered a spokesperson for her… … Wikipedia
Lorenzo Silva — Lorenzo Manuel Silva Amador (born on 7 June,1966 in Carabanchel, Madrid) is a Spanish award winning writer.After earning a law degree at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, he worked as a lawyer from 1992 to 2002.He has written stories,… … Wikipedia
Fernando Arrabal — Infobox Writer name =Fernando Arrabal imagesize = caption = pseudonym = birthname =Fernando Arrabal Terán birthdate =Birth date and age|1932|08|11 birthplace =Melilla, Spanish Morocco deathdate = deathplace = occupation =playwright, screenwriter … Wikipedia
Umbral, Francisco — b. 1935, Madrid Writer and journalist Umbral is one of the most notable examples of how the profession of journalism has developed in contemporary Spain, and how frequently it is exercised by persons who also enjoy a solid reputation in… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Lucía Etxebarría — has no diacritics, although its Spanish version Echevarría has. Etxebarría was a typo that she liked and adopted as a nom de plume , though it is not used in all her books.CareerHer first book was Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s biography: La… … Wikipedia
Martín Gaite, Carmen — b. 1925, Salamanca Writer Carmen Martín Gaite, who won the Nadal Prize for the best Spanish novel of 1958 with her first full length narrative, Behind the Curtains (Entre visillos), has achieved recognition as one of Spain s major novelists … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Olmo Gallego, Lauro — b. 1922, Barco de Valdeorras, Orense; d. 1994, Madrid Writer Though Olmo s fame as a writer depends primarily on his dramatic production, recognition as an author came initially as the result of his prose works, with Doce cuentos y uno mas… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
