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Paloma Díaz-Mas

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The Most Excellent
Paloma Díaz-Mas
Born
Paloma Díaz-Mas

(1954-05-09) 9 May 1954 (age 70)
Madrid, Spain
Seat i of the Real Academia Española
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 November 2022[a]
Preceded byMargarita Salas

Paloma Díaz-Mas (born 1954) is a Spanish writer and scholar.[1][2]

She was born in Madrid and studied journalism and philology at university. In 1981, she obtained her doctorate from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,[3] with a thesis on the subject of Sephardic poetry. At present, she teaches and conducts research at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Madrid. As a professor of Spanish literature and Sephardic literature, she has taught at the Universidad del País Vasco, the University of Oregon and Washington University in St. Louis.[1]

In April 2021, she was elected as numerary member of the Royal Spanish Academy, intended to occupy the seat i left by Margarita Salas.[3]

Selected works

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  • Biografías de genios, traidores, sabios y suicidas. Madrid: Editora Nacional, 1973.
  • La informante. Toledo: Ebora, 1983. Play. Winner of the Premio Teatro Breve Rojas Zorrilla 1983.
  • El rapto del Santo Grial. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1984. Novel. Finalist of the first Premio Herralde 1983.
  • Tras las huellas de Artorius. Cáceres: Institución Cultural El Brocense, 1985. Novel. Winner of the Premio Cáceres 1984.
  • Los sefardíes: Historia, lengua, cultura. Zaragoza: Riopiedras, 1986. Essays. Finalist of the Premio Nacional de Ensayo 1986.
  • Nuestro milenio. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1987. Stories. Finalist of the Premio Nacional de Narrativa 1987.
  • "La discreta pecadora o ejemplo de doncellas recogidas". Short story published in: Cuentos eróticos. Laura Freixas (editor). Barcelona: Grijalbo, 1988.
  • Una ciudad llamada Eugenio. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1992. Travel.
  • El sueño de Venecia. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1992. Novel. Winner of the tenth Premio Herralde 1992.
  • "La niña sin alas". Short story in Madres e hijas. Laura Freixas (editor). Barcelona: Anagrama, 1996.
  • La tierra fértil. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1999. Novel. Winner of the Premio Euskadi 2000.
  • "La construcción de una escritora". Essay in En sus propias palabras. Christine Henseler(editor). Madrid: Torremozas, 2003.
  • Como un libro cerrado. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2005. Novel.
  • "La visita del Comendador". Short story in Don Juan. Zaragoza: 451 Editores, 2008.
  • "Los mayorales exhaustos". Short story in Cuentos de amigas. Laura Freixas (editor). Barcelona: Anagrama, 2009.
  • Lo que aprendemos de los gatos. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2014.

Notes

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  1. ^ Elected on 22 April 2021

References

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  1. ^ a b "Paloma Díaz Mas" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Economía y CompetitividadConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Paloma Díaz-Mas" (in Spanish). Escritoras.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "La escritora Paloma Díaz Mas, académica de la RAE". Heraldo de Aragón. 22 April 2021.
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