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Care Santos

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Care Santos

Aliases: Macarena Santos i Torres

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1970-04-08
Nationality
Spanish
Languages
Catalan, Spanish

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist, novelist
Active Years
1995-
Nominations
Nominated for Primavera de Novela Award (La muerte de Venus)

Education

University of Barcelona
Law and Spanish Philology
Country: Spain

Awards

Carmen Conde Award
2007
Work: Disección
Result: 受賞
Joaquim Ruyra Award
2013
Work: No em preguntis qui sóc
Category: 最優秀児童書
Result: 受賞
Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull Award
2014
Work: Desig de xocolata
Organization: Institut Ramon Llull
Result: 受賞
Premio Nadal
2017
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Habitaciones cerradas

2012 novel

A novel about family secrets.

familysecrets
Translations
  • Available in English

Bibliography

  • El tango del perdedor (1997)
  • Trigal con cuervos (1999)
  • Aprender a huir (2000)
  • La muerte de Kurt Cobain (1997)
  • Okupada (1997)
  • Te diré quién eres (1997)
  • La ruta del huracán (1999)
  • Krysis (2001)
  • Operación Virgo (2002)
  • Laluna.com (2003)
  • Los ojos del lobo (2004)
  • El circuito de Montecarlo (2005)
  • El anillo de Irina (2005)
  • El dueño de las sombras (2006)
  • La muerte de Venus (2007)
  • Habitaciones cerradas (2012)

Translations of Works

  • Desire for chocolate (English, trans. Julie Wark, 2016)
  • Dissection (English, trans. Lawrence Schimel, 2014)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary narrativeBilingual writing
Recurring Motifs
secretsdesire

Legacy

Known as a contemporary writer from Catalonia, recipient of numerous awards.