Laura Gallego García
Laura Gallego García [ laʊɾa gaʎeɰo gaɾθia ] (* 11. October 1977 in Quart de Poblet , Valencia ) is a Spanish children's author .
Life
Gallego García wrote her first book at the age of eleven with a friend, a 300-page work entitled Zodíaccía, un mundo diferente ( Spanish for "Zodiakia, another world"), in which a girl finds a magical island where everything is related to the zodiac signs of the horoscope. Although the story was never published by a publisher (Gallego García later published it himself on her website), she knew even then that she wanted to become a writer.
In 1997 she founded the philological university magazine Náyade while studying Hispanic Studies and was its co-director until 2000.
At the age of 21, also during her studies, she wrote the novel Finis Mundi ( Latin for "The End of the World"), with which she won first prize in the Barco de Vaport competition organized by the Spanish youth literature publisher Grupo SM and which was then published in 1999. By this time Gallego García had already written 14 unpublished books and had taken part in this competition several times without success.
Gallego García became known with the cycle Crónicas de la Torre ("Chronicles of the Tower"), consisting of the works El Valle de los Lobos ("The Valley of the Wolves"), La Maldición del Maestro ("The Master's Curse"), La llamada de los muertos ("The call of the dead") and Fenris, el elfo ("Fenris, the elf"). In 2004 she started her next big cycle, Memorias de Idhún ("Memories of Idhún", German title Geheime Welt Idhún ). Although Gallego García devotes herself mainly to children's and youth literature, she also writes books for adult readers, such as Retorno a la Isla Blanca (“Return to the White Island”) and El cartero de los sueños (“The Postman of Dreams”).
She is currently working on her dissertation on the courtly novel Belianís de Grecia by Jerónimo Fernández from 1579. Today she lives alone in Alboraya, a village near Valencia.
writing style
Gallego García covers a wide range of styles with her works: In addition to historical-fantastic novels such as Finis Mundi and her main work in the epic-fantastic area with Las Crónicas de la Torre and Memorias de Idhún, there are various children's books and with Las hijas de Tara ( “The Daughters of Tara”) even a detour into science fiction.
In her fantasy stories, feeling outweighs the fantastic elements. Your characters express feelings such as doubts, fears and feelings without ceasing, and let them guide you, unlike usual fantasy, in which ideas such as honor and duty are preferred. For example, the dialogues in the Memorias de Idhún are shaped by reflections by the main character Victoria on her contradicting affection for two opposing people.
Works
To date, 14 novels and 5 short stories by Gallego García have been published, another novel is in the works (as of August 26, 2007) . The works are:
- 1999 - Finis Mundi , German title Finis Mundi or The Three Magic Amulets
- 2000 - El Valle de los Lobos , German title The Valley of the Wolves
- 2001 - El cartero de los sueños
- 2001 - Retorno a la Isla Blanca
- 2002 - Las hijas de Tara
- 2002 - La maldición del Maestro , German title Der Fluch des Meister
- 2002 - La leyenda del Rey Errante , German title The poet's carpet , Gerstenberg Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8369-5250-7
- 2003 - La llamada de los muertos , German title Der Ruf der Toten
- 2003 - Mandrágora
- 2003 - ¿Dónde está Alba?
- 2004 - El coleccionista de relojes extraordinarios
- 2004 - Fenris, el elfo
- 2004 - Alas de fuego
- 2004 - Memorias de Idhún I: La Resistencia , German title Geheime Welt Idhún 1: The conspiracy
- 2004 - La hija de la noche
- 2004 - Max ya no hace reír
- 2004 - Alba tiene una amiga muy especial
- 2005 - El fantasma en apuros
- 2005 - Memorias de Idhún II: Tríada , German title Geheime Welt Idhún 2: The Trial by Fire
- 2006 - Memorias de Idhún III: Panteón , German title Geheime Welt Idhún 3: The war of the gods
- 2007 - La Emperatriz de los Etéreos , German title The Empress of Blue Light
- 2008 - Dos velas para el diablo
- 2009 - Sara y las goleadoras: Las chicas somos guerreras
- 2009 - Sara y las goleadoras: Goleadoras en la liga
- 2010 - Sara y las goleadoras: El fútbol y el amor son incompatibles
- 2010 - Sara y las goleadoras: Las goleadoras no se rinden
- 2010 - Sara y las goleadoras: El último gol
- 2011 - Donde los árboles cantan
- 2012 - Mago por casualidad
- 2013 - El Libro de lo Portales
- 2014 - Enciclopedia de Idhún
- 2015 - Todas las hadas del reino
She is also the screenwriter of the series Sara y las goleadoras ("Sara and the scorers").
Web links
- Literature by and about Laura Gallego García in the catalog of the German National Library
- Laura Gallego García website
- Author's forum ( Spanish )
- Broadcast about Crónicas de Idhún on the Spanish TV channel RNE 5 ( Spanish )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gallego García, Laura |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish author for young people |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quart de Poblet , Valencia |