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Ángela Vallvey

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Ángela Vallvey

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1964-01-01 (San Lorenzo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Spain)
Nationality
Spanish
Languages
Spanish

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist, poet, children's author, columnist, media contributor
Active Years
1995-

Education

University of Granada
Modern History (studies)
Country: Spain
Studied Modern History and later took courses in anthropology and philosophy.

Awards

Jaén Poetry Award
1999
Work: El tamaño del universo
Organization: Premio Jaén de Poesía (organizer details unknown)
Result: 受賞
Premio Nadal
2002
Work: Los estados carenciales
Organization: Editorial Destino
Result: 受賞(第57回)
Premio Planeta
2008
Work: Muerte entre poetas
Organization: Grupo Planeta
Result: ファイナリスト(最終候補)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Los estados carenciales

2002 Novel

A novel exploring human relationships and feelings of lack; praised for portraying characters as they are.

emotional scarcityhuman relationshipssocial alienation

El tamaño del universo

1998 Poetry (collection)

A collection of poems that examines the scale of the world and the individual; winner of the Jaén Poetry Award in 1999.

cosmologypersonal reflection

Muerte entre poetas

2008 Novel

A novel with elements of mystery centered on poets; shortlisted for the Premio Planeta.

literary worlddeath and art

Bibliography

  • Kippel y la mirada electrónica (1995)
  • Capitales de tiniebla (1997)
  • Vida sentimental de Bugs Bunny (1997)
  • Donde todos somos John Wayne (1997)
  • El tamaño del universo (1998)
  • A la caza del último hombre salvaje (1999)
  • enlared.com (2000)
  • Vías de extinción (2000)
  • Extraños en el paraíso (2001)
  • Los estados carenciales (2002)
  • No lo llames amor (2003)
  • La ciudad del diablo (2005)
  • Todas las muñecas son carnívoras (2006)
  • Muerte entre poetas (2008)
  • El hombre del corazón negro (2011)
  • La velocidad del mundo (2012)
  • Mientras los demás bailan (2014)
  • Cuentos clásicos feministas (2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporary observational proseblend of humor and cynicismoccasional poetic metaphors
Recurring Motifs
lack and lonelinessthe strangeness within the everydayrelationship between literature and self

Legacy

Regarded as an important contemporary Spanish writer, winner of the Premio Nadal and shortlisted for Premio Planeta; known to a wide audience through radio and television appearances.

In Popular Culture

  • Became known to the general public through participation in radio and television talk shows.

Quotes

  • the novelist's virtue to take people as they are, not as they should be
    Source: Andreas Dorschel, Süddeutsche Zeitung (2004) (2004)

Trivia

  • Official website is archived (external link available).
  • Won Jaén Poetry Award (1999), Premio Nadal (2002), and was shortlisted for Premio Planeta (2008).
  • Frequent participant in radio and television talk shows.