Macarena Santos i Torres, (born 8 April 1970) is a Spanish writer who writes under the name "Care Santos". She writes in both Catalan and Spanish languages,[1] for both young and adult readers.[2]
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| Native name | Macarena Santos i Torres |
| Born | 8 April 1970 |
| Language | Catalan, Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Genre | novel |
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Biography
editCare Santos studied law and Spanish philology at the University of Barcelona. She started her career as a journalist at Diari de Barcelona and later worked for the papers ABC and El Mundo. In 1995, Santos was recognized for her first book, a collection of novels with the title Cuentos cítricos. Her next books were Trigal con cuervos and Los ojos del lobo.
Awards and honors
edit- In 2007, her book Dissection received the Carmen Conde Women's Poetry Award,[3]
- She was nominated for a Primavera de Novela Award for La muerte de Venus. The latter book was translated into several languages.
- In 2013, she won the Joaquim Ruyra Award for best youth book for her work No em preguntis qui. sóc.[4]
- On 20 January 2014, Care Santos was awarded the Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull Award for the book Desig de xocolata, which was released on 6 March 2014.[5]
- In 2017, she was awarded the Premio Nadal.
Selected works
edit- El tango del perdedor (1997)
- Trigal con cuervos (1999)
- Aprender a huir (2000)
- La muerte de Kurt Cobain (1997)
- Okupada (1997)
- Te diré quién eres (1997)
- La ruta del huracán (1999)
- Krysis (2001)
- Operación Virgo (2002)
- Laluna.com (2003)
- Los ojos del lobo (2004)
- El circuito de Montecarlo (2005)
- El anillo de Irina (2005)
- El dueño de las sombras (2006)
- La muerte de Venus (2007)
- Habitaciones cerradas (2012) ISBN 9788408003816, OCLC 883890059
Works in English
edit- Desire for chocolate, translator Julie Wark, Richmond, Surrey Alma Books, 2016. ISBN 9781846883941, OCLC 958058149
- Dissection, translator Lawrence Schimel, New York: A Midsummer Nights Press, 2014. ISBN 9781938334122, OCLC 890615140
References
edit- ^ Gran Catalana
- ^ "Medverkande 2014 — Bok & Bibliotek". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Care Santos, premiada per lobra poètica Disección". Capgrós (in Spanish). 19 June 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Vicenç Pagès guanya el Sant Jordi amb una novel·la sobre la precarietat". VilaWeb.cat. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Care Santos, premi Ramon Llull". El Periódico. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.