Carme Riera Guilera
Carme Riera Guilera (born January 12, 1948 in Palma ), internationally known as Carme Riera, is a professor of Spanish literature and a Catalan writer. She first drew attention to herself in 1975 with the publication of the volume of short stories Te deix, amor, la mar com a penyora ; this book became a bestseller in the Catalan-speaking regions.
biography
Riera was born in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands , in 1948 . She spent childhood and youth in her native city and moved to Barcelona in 1965 to study Spanish Philology at the Autònoma University. She graduated in 1970 and became a lecturer, then a full professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona .
Awards
In 1980 Riera received the Premi Prudenci Bertrana novel prize for the work Una primavera per a Domenico Guarini ; 1989 the Premi Ramon Llull for the novel Joc de Miralls ; In 1994 the Premi Josep Pla , Premi Lletra d'Or , Premi Joan Crexells and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa for the book Dins el darrer blau ; In 2001 she received the Premi Nacional de Literatura of the Catalan government for El cel obert ; 2003 the Premi Sant Jordi for the novel La meitat de l'ànima . In 2005 she was honored for her complete work by the Catalan writers' association Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana , and she was also awarded the Gold Medal by the Consell de Mallorca . In 2015 she received the Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas .
Works
German translations
- 2007: The English Summer , novel
- 2005: Into the open sky , novel
- 2000: Into the Far Blue , novel
- 1996: Love is not a board game , stories
- 1995: Florentine Spring , novel
- 1994: Im Spiel der Spiegel , Roman
- 1993: Selfish Love , novella
Original work in Catalan
- 1975: Te deix, amor, la mar com a penyora
- 1977: Jo pos per testimoni les gavines
- 1980: Gairebé un conte o la vida de Ramon Llull
- 1980: Una primavera per a Domenico Guarini
- 1980: Els cementiris de Barcelona
- 1981: Epitelis tendríssims
- 1987: Qüestió d'amor propi
- 1988: La molt exemplar història del gos màgic i de la seva cua
- 1989: Joc de miralls
- 1991: Contra l'amor en companyia i altres relats
- 1994: Dins el darrer blue
- 1998: Temps d'una espera
- 2000: Cap al cel obert
- 2003: Llengües mortes
- 2003: El gos magic
- 2003: El meravellós viatge de Maria al país de les tulipes
- 2003: Antologia de poesia catalana femenina
- 2004: La meitat de l'ànima
- 2006: L'estiu de l'anglès
- 2009: Amb ulls americans
- 2011: Natura quasi morta
- 2013: Temps d'innocència
Web links
- Carme Riera .
- Carme Riera on Lletra, the virtual space of Catalan literature (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) (Catalan)
- Entry in the literature database of the Catalan government
- Literature by and about Carme Riera Guilera in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Carme Riera Guilera in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
- Literature by and about Carme Riera Guilera in the catalog of the library of the Instituto Cervantes in Germany
- Carme Riera in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carme Riera on www.thewiplist.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; with photo)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Riera Guilera, Carme |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riera, Carme |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan writer and literary scholar |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Palma |