Maria Dueñas
María Dueñas Vinuesa (* 1964 in Puertollano ) is a Spanish writer .
She became known with her 2009 debut, El tiempo entre costuras (German: The Echo of Dreams 2012). The novel has received numerous awards and is one of the best-selling books in Spain in recent years. It has been translated into a total of 35 languages. In addition, the novel was filmed as a television series. Her last novel, La templanza, is Spain's best-selling novel in 2015. This novel is also currently being used (as of 12/2016) as a television series. In Germany to La templanza 2017 under the title If I do not go now in Insel Verlag appear.
Life
Dueñas was born in 1964 in Puertollano in the province of Ciudad Real , the oldest of eight children . After completing her studies, she embarked on a career in science and has held the professorship for English studies at the University of Murcia since 2003 , from which she is currently exempt from writing. María Dueñas lives in Cartagena (Spain) with her husband and two children .
Works
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El tiempo entre costuras , 2009
- German: The echo of dreams , Weltbild 2012, ISBN 9783868008746
- Misión Olvido , 2012
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La templanza , 2015
- German: If I don't go now , translation by Petra Zickmann, Insel Verlag 2017, ISBN 9783458177029
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.revistadearte.com/2012/09/20/premio-de-cultura-2011-a-maria-duenas-arturo-fernandez-y-victorino-martin/
- ↑ http://www.efe.com/efe/espana/cultura/maria-duenas-tambien-conquista-japon-con-la-pasion-de-sira/10005-2730973
- ↑ http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/10/22/television/1382437221_087511.html
- ↑ http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2015/11/30/television/1448907154_368133.html
- ↑ http://elpais.com/diario/2011/05/22/eps/1306045610_850215.html
- ↑ http://noticias.universia.es/vida-universitaria/noticia/2010/07/02/556652/universidad-murcia-concede-dos-anos-excedencia-maria-duenas-preparar-proxima-novela.html
- ↑ http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20100620/cultura/maria-duenas-vida-novela-20100620.html
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dueñas, María |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dueñas Vinuesa, María (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Puertollano |