Premio Nadal
1 appearances
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Edition 68 (2011) Winner
Alicia Giménez Bartlett
アリシア・ヒメネス・バルトレット
Alicia Giménez Bartlett
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1951-06-10 （Almansa, Province of Albacete, Spain）
- Nationality
- Spanish
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Lived in Barcelona since 1975
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Crime writer
- Active Years
- 1984-
- Influenced By
- Virginia Woolf
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Premio Femenino Singular | A Faraway Room | — | Lumen (publisher) | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Premio Nadal | Where No One Will Find You | — | Premio Nadal organization | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Premio Planeta | Naked Men | — | Planeta (publisher) | 受賞 |
Premio Femenino Singular
1997
Work:
A Faraway Room
Organization:
Lumen (publisher)
Result:
受賞
Premio Nadal
2011
Work:
Where No One Will Find You
Organization:
Premio Nadal organization
Result:
受賞
Premio Planeta
2015
Work:
Naked Men
Organization:
Planeta (publisher)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Premio Planeta de Novela (Planeta Novel Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 64 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
Ritos de muerte
1996 Detective novelFirst novel in the Petra Delicado series. Set in Barcelona, introducing crimes and interpersonal dynamics.
crimefemale detectiveurban society
Translations
- Translated into German, Italian, and other languages
Día de perros
1997 Detective novelSecond novel in the Petra Delicado series, exploring urban crime and human relationships.
crimeinvestigationBarcelona
A Faraway Room
1997 Historical fiction / Biographical elementsFocuses on tensions between Virginia Woolf and her servant Nellie Boxall; explores feminine perspectives and questions in literary history.
femininityliterary historypower relations
Where No One Will Find You
2011 Literary novelA novel dealing with family and memory. Winner of the 2011 Premio Nadal.
familymemoryhistory
Naked Men
2015 Literary novelA novel addressing social themes. Winner of the 2015 Premio Planeta.
societyidentity
Bibliography
- Exit (1984)
- Pájaros de oro (1987)
- Caídos en el valle (1989)
- El cuarto corazón (1991)
- Vida sentimental de un camionero (1993)
- La última copa del verano (1995)
- Ritos de muerte (1996)
- Día de perros (1997)
- Una habitación ajena (1997)
- Mensajeros de la oscuridad (1999)
- Muertos de papel (2000)
- Serpientes en el paraíso (2002)
- Secreta Penélope (2003)
- Un barco cargado de arroz (2004)
- Días de amor y engaños (2006)
- Nido vacío (2007)
- El silencio de los claustros (2009)
- Donde nadie te encuentre (2011)
- Nadie quiere saber (2013)
- Crímenes que no olvidaré (2015)
- Hombres desnudos (2015)
- Mi querido asesino en serie (2017)
Adaptations
- TV series 'Petra' (Italian production, first broadcast 2020)
- In 1999 Petra Delicado also appeared in a television adaptation (details vary by country/production)
Translations of Works
- German translations of the Petra Delicado series
- Italian translations of the Petra Delicado series
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Contemporary Spanish proseClear, observant narrative styleIncorporates social themes
- Recurring Motifs
- female perspectives and relationshipsurban shadowsquestions of justice and ethics
Legacy
Alicia Giménez Bartlett is a Spanish writer best known for her Petra Delicado series, achieving international popularity and winning major Spanish literary awards. Her works have influenced a wide readership through translations and television adaptations.
In Popular Culture
- Widely known through screen adaptations such as the TV series 'Petra'
Trivia
- Has lived in Barcelona since 1975.
- The Petra Delicado protagonist is especially popular in Germany and Italy; the series has been translated into multiple languages.
- Won the Premio Nadal in 2011 for 'Donde nadie te encuentre'.
- Won the Premio Planeta in 2015 for 'Hombres desnudos'.
- The Italian TV series 'Petra', based on her novels, began broadcasting in 2020.