Eva García Sáenz

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Eva García Sáenz de Urturi (* 1972 in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country ) is a Spanish writer.

Eva García Sáenz de Urturi

Life

At the age of 15, Garcia Sáenz moved from Vitoria to Alicante , where she still lives today. After finishing school, she trained as an optician . Then she worked in her learned profession at the University of Alicante .

Writing activity

Her interest in writing arose in the course of her professional activity. She spent many evenings doing research and writing down texts. For about three years she worked on her first work, which was published in 2012: “La saga de los longevos: La vieja familia” (translated: The legend of the long-lived: the old family). The novel was a great success in Spain.

In 2014 the sequel story of La vieja familia appeared: “Los hijos de Adán” (German: the children of Adam). She also published in the same year: "Pasaje a Tahití" (German: Passage nach Tahiti). Both books sold successfully.

In 2016 the first part of a three-volume novel was published: "El silencio de la ciudad blanca" (German: The silence of the white city). A detective story set in her hometown of Vitoria. In preparation, she took courses at a police academy on eye inspection and the evaluation of fingerprints. The trilogy has sold over a million copies in Spain. The three volumes have been translated into several languages, there is also a German version.

Based on the trilogy "El silencio de la ciudad blanca", a film was shot in Spanish in 2019, which is also available on Netflix.

Works

  • La saga de los longevos I: La vieja familia (2012)
  • La saga de los longevos II: Los hijos de Adán (2014)
  • Pasaje a Tahití (2014)
  • Trilogía de la Ciudad Blanca I: El silencio de la ciudad blanca (2016), German: "The Silence of Death" ISBN 978-3-651-02588-2
  • Trilogía de la Ciudad Blanca II: Los ritos del agua (2017), German: "The ritual of water" ISBN 978-3-651-02584-4
  • Trilogía de la Ciudad Blanca III: Los señores del tiempo (2018), German: "The Lords of Time" ISBN 978-3-651-02585-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biografía de Eva García Sáenz ( es ) In: Lecturalia . Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Autores - Eva García Sáenz ( es ) In: La Esfera de los Libros . January 23, 2020. Accessed March 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Juan Ortiz: La saga de los longevos de Eva García Sáenz, una trama inesperada ( es ) In: Actualidad Literatura . Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ a b La Vitoriana Eva García Sáenz de Urturi presenta en la Catedral de Santa María su exitosa novela El silencio de la ciudad blanca ( it ) in: El Correo . July 6, 2016. Accessed March 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ África Pardo: De la novela histórica a la criminal ( es ) In: Diario Información . April 19, 2016. Accessed March 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ Trailer: "El silencio de la ciudad blanca" ( es ) September 11, 2019. Accessed March 15, 2020.

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SURNAME García Sáenz, Eva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES García Sáenz de Urturi, Eva (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Vitoria-Gasteiz