Carmen Martín Gaite was an award winning Spanish

Spain

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 author. She wrote in many genres, including novels, short stories, and essays. She also wrote screenplays.

Born in Salamanca

Salamanca

Salamanca is a city in western Spain, in the community of Castile and León. Because it is known for its beautiful buildings and urban environment, the Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It is the most important university city in Spain and is known for its contributions to...

, over the course of her life she won various awards, including the Prince of Asturias Awards

Prince of Asturias Awards

The Prince of Asturias Awards are a series of annual prizes awarded in Spain by the Prince of Asturias Foundation to individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs....

 in 1988, the Award Premio Castilla y León de las Letras in 1992, and the Premio Acebo de Honor awarded to her life work.

She was married to fellow writer Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio

Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio

Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio is a Spanish writer. His father Rafael Sánchez Mazas, a minor writer himself, was a founder and leader of Falange....

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Novels

• Entre visillos (1957) (premio Nadal)
• Ritmo lento (1963)
• Retahílas (1974)
• Fragmentos de interior (1976)
• El cuarto de atrás (1978)
• Nubosidad variable (1992)
• La Reina de las Nieves (1994)
• Lo raro es vivir (1996)
• Irse de casa (1998)
• The Back Room (2000) (Translation of El cuarto de atrás, (1978))
• Los parentescos (2001) (posthumous, unfinished)
• Usos amorosos de la posguerra española

Short stories

• El balneario (1954)
• Las ataduras (1960)
• Cuentos completos (1978)

Children's literature

• El castillo de las tres murallas (1981)
• El pastel del diablo (1985)
• Caperucita en Manhattan (1990)

Essays

• El proceso de Macanaz (1969)
• Usos amorosos del dieciocho en España (1972)
• La búsqueda de interlocutor y otras búsquedas (1973)
• El cuento de nunca acabar (1983)
• Usos amorosos de la postguerra española (1987)
• Desde la ventana (1987)
• Agua pasada (1992)
• Cuadernos de todo (2002)

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