Espido Freire
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María Laura Espido Freire (her pen name is just her surnames Espido Freire) is a writer born in Bilbao, Spain on July 16, 1974.
. She received a degree in English philology from the University of Deusto
, where she also studied for a master's degree in editing.
She made her literary debut with the novel Irlanda in 1998. It has been translated into several languages. The French version of the novel, translated by Eva Calveyra, won the Millepage Prize in France. As of 2007, an English translation of Irlanda is underway. The first chapter appeared in The Violet Issue of [Fairy Tale Review], edited by Kate Bernheimer
. Another excerpt from the novel was published in the Summer 2007 issue of The Modern Review
.
In 1999, she was awarded the Premio Planeta
for her novel Melocotones helados. She is the youngest writer to have won this well-funded literary award.
Her novels have been translated into several languages, including French, German, Turkish, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.
She has an interest in teaching creative writing
and has taught at several universities.
In 2007, she won the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla for her novel Soria Moria.
Biography
Espido Freire dedicated her early years to the study and performance of classical musicClassical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
. She received a degree in English philology from the University of Deusto
University of Deusto
The University of Deusto is a Spanish Jesuit University, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, Spain.-History:The University of Deusto first opened in 1886, having been founded because of the Basque Country's desire to have its own university and the Society of Jesus's wish to move its School...
, where she also studied for a master's degree in editing.
She made her literary debut with the novel Irlanda in 1998. It has been translated into several languages. The French version of the novel, translated by Eva Calveyra, won the Millepage Prize in France. As of 2007, an English translation of Irlanda is underway. The first chapter appeared in The Violet Issue of [Fairy Tale Review], edited by Kate Bernheimer
Kate Bernheimer
- Works :Kate Bernheimer's first two novels, The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold and The Complete Tales of Merry Gold , were published by Fiction Collective 2. Amongst her other work, her short-story collection Horse, Flower, Bird was published in Fall 2010 by Coffee House Press...
. Another excerpt from the novel was published in the Summer 2007 issue of The Modern Review
Modern Review (North American)
The Modern Review is a magazine based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada that styles itself a "North American literary journal".The first issue, 58 pages thick, is dated September 2005. It is published quarterly by the Parsifal Press Literary Arts Association, a nonprofit organization...
.
In 1999, she was awarded the Premio Planeta
Premio Planeta
The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original novel written in Spanish . It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta....
for her novel Melocotones helados. She is the youngest writer to have won this well-funded literary award.
Her novels have been translated into several languages, including French, German, Turkish, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.
She has an interest in teaching creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
and has taught at several universities.
In 2007, she won the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla for her novel Soria Moria.
Irlanda
Irlanda, published in 1998, is Espido Freire's debut novel. It tells the story of Natalia, a fifteen-year-old girl with a strong imagination. Natalia has two sisters one of whom, Sagrario, has recently died after a long illness.Novels
- Irlanda (BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Planeta, 1998) - Donde siempre es octubre (BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Seix Barral, 1999) - Melocotones helados (winner of Premio PlanetaPremio PlanetaThe Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original novel written in Spanish . It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta....
1999; BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Planeta, 1999) - Diabulus in musica (BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Planeta, 2001) - Nos espera la noche (MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Alfaguara, 2003 - La diosa del pubis azul (BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Planeta, 2005). With Raúl del Pozo - Hijos del fin del mundo: De Roncesvalles a Finisterre (winner of IV Premio Llanes de Viajes; (MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Imagine Ediciones, 2009).