Dolores Soler-Espiauba
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Dolores Soler-Espiauba Conesa (born Cartagena, Spain, 1935)[citation needed] is a Spanish writer, winning awards for her novels.
Biography
[edit]Having studied German and Spanish Philology at the Complutense University of Madrid, Soler-Esiauba began work as a teacher in Portugal, France and Poland. In 1974 she moved to Brussels, Belgium, where she worked as a translator and teacher for the European Union.[1] Her first novel, Los Canardos, was published late in 1987, for which she received the Premio Felipe Trigo. Later she would win the same prize for Woman with a Landscape of Rain (Mujer con paisaje de lluvia) in 1988.
Soler-Espiauba has also received the Premio Andalucía de Novela for Sister Ana, What Do You See?,[citation needed] the Premio Azorín in 1991, the Premio Café Gijón in 1992[citation needed] and the Premio Gabriel Miró de Cuentos in 2007 for The Tomb of King Baltasar.[2][3]
Works
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Los Canardos, (1987), VII Premio Felipe Trigo.
- Woman with a Landscape of Rain (Mujer con paisaje de lluvia), (1988), VIII Premio Felipe Trigo.
- Chronicles of Oblivion (Crónica del olvido), (1988), Premio Café Iruña.
- Sister Ana, What Do You See? (Hermana Ana, ¿Qué ves?), (1990) V Premio Andalucía
- Elisa or the Imperfect Past (Elisa o el pasado imperfecto), (1992), Premio Azorín de Novela
- The Gold and the Moor. Alicante (El oro y el moro. Alicante), (1992), Premio Café Gijón
- The Blackberry Stain (La mancha de la mora) (1997).
Short stories
[edit]- Twelve Roses for Rose (Doce rosas para Rosa), (1989).
- The Thief with the Black Glove (Ladrón de guante negro), (1989).
- More Was Lost in Cuba (Más se perdió en Cuba), (1995).
- Moors and Christians (Moros y Cristianos), (1995).
- ...But Brunettes Marry Themselves (...Pero se casan con las morenas), (1995).
- More Shells than a Tortoise (Más conchas que un galápago), (1998).
- Guantanameras, (1997).
- A Taxi towards Coyoacán (Un taxi hacia Coyoacán), (1998).
- Mirta and the Old Master (Mirta y el viejo señor), (1998).
- Life is a Tango (La vida es un tango), (1998).
- The Tomb of King Baltasar (La tumba del rey Baltasar), (2007).
References
[edit]- ^ "A short biography of Dolores Soler-Espiauba". Escritoras. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Dolores Solar-Espiauba Wins". Las Provincias. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Un cuento sobre la inmigración gana el premio Gabriel Miró". El Pais. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
