Carmen Posadas
Carmen de Posadas Mañé (born August 13, 1953 in Montevideo ) is a Spanish - Uruguayan author.
Life
Posadas Mañé has lived in Madrid since 1965 . Her father was a diplomat and lived in many capitals such as Moscow , Buenos Aires and London . Your brother is also a writer. In 1985 she received Spanish citizenship.
She studied at Oxford University in England and married Rafael de Cueto, with whom she has two daughters: Sofía (1975) and Jimena (1978). In 1988 she became a presenter on the Spanish television station RTVE .
She had already started writing children's books in 1980. Posadas Mañé won the Spanish literary prize Premio Nacional de Literatura . In 1996 she successfully published her novel "Cinco Moscas Azules". Her second novel, “Pequeñas infamias” (1998), won the Premio Planeta . Her newer books also sold well. Posadas Mañé's work has been translated into over twenty languages.
Honors / Prize
- 1984: Premio Nacional de Literatura
- 1998 Premio Planeta , with Pequeñas infamias .
Works
- Children's and young people's literature
- 1980: Una cesta entre los juncos
- 1980: El cazador y el pastor
- 1980: El chico de la túnica de colores
- 1980: Hacia una tierra desconocida
- 1980: El Niño de Belén
- 1980: El pastor que llegó a ser Rey
- 1983: El señor viento Norte
- 1986: Kiwi
- 1987: Hipo canta
- 1994: María Celeste
- 1995: Liliana, bruja urbana
- 2000: Dorilda
- 2003: Dorilda y Pancho
- Novels
- 1993: Una ventana en el ático
- 1996: Cinco moscas azules
- 1998: Pequeñas infamias
- 2001: La bella Otero
- 2003: El buen sirviente
- 2006: Juego de niños
- 2007: Literatura, adulterio y Visa platino
- 2008: Hoy caviar, mañana sardinas
- 2008: La cinta roja
- 2010: Invitación a un asesinato
- Essays
- 1987: Yuppies, jet set, la movida y otras especies
- 1988: El síndrome de Rebeca: guía para conjurar fantasma
- 1991: Quién te ha visto y quién te ve
- 1993: Padres, padres
- 1999: Un veneno llamado amor
- 2001: Por el ojo de la cerradura
- 2002: La hernia de Viriato
- 2004: A la sombra de Lilith , with Sophie Courgeon
- 2007: Literatura, adulterio y Visa platino (2007)
Web links
- Homepage of Carmen Posadas (Spanish)
- yoquieroescribir.com
- yoquierocomunicar.com
- Literature by and about Carmen Posadas in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Posadas, Carmen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Posadas Mañé, Carmen de (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish-Uruguayan author |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo |