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Carme Riera

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Carme Riera

Aliases: Carme Riera Guilera

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1948-01-12 (Palma, Majorca (Balearic Islands))
Nationality
Spanish
Languages
Catalan, Spanish
Residence History
Palma → Barcelona

Career

Occupations
Professor, Novelist, Essayist
Active Years
1975-
Affiliations
Real Academia Española, Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana
Memberships
Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana, Real Academia Española
Influenced By
Sappho, Petrarch, Goethe, Virginia Woolf, Miguel de Cervantes, Leopoldo Alas (Clarin), Carmen Laforet, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Gil de Biedma, Caterina Albert, Mercè Rodoreda

Education

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Department of Philosophy and Letters / Hispanic Philology
Degree: 博士号
Period: 1965-1970
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: Spain
Professor of Spanish literature

Awards

Prudenci Bertrana Prize
1980
Work: A Springtime for Domenico Guarini
Result: 受賞
Ramon Llull Novel Award
1989
Work: A Play of Mirrors
Result: 受賞
Josep Pla Award
1994
Work: In the Last Shade of Blue
Result: 受賞
Joan Crexells Prize
1994
Work: In the Last Shade of Blue
Result: 受賞
National Prize for Narrative
1994
Work: In the Last Shade of Blue
Organization: Spanish Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞
Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la
2003
Work: Half of the Soul
Result: 受賞
Creu de Sant Jordi
2000
Organization: Generalitat of Catalonia
Result: 受賞
Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas
2015
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

In the Last Shade of Blue

1994 Historical novel

Historical novel about Sephardic journeys.

SephardicJourneys
Translations
  • English translation: Blue Horizons of no Return

Bibliography

  • Te deix, amor, la mar com a penyora (1975)
  • Je pos per testimoni les gavines (1977)
  • Quasi bé un conte, la vida de Ramon Llull (1980)
  • Els cementiris de Barcelona (1981)
  • Una primavera per a Domenico Guarini (1981)
  • Dins el darrer blau (1994)
  • La meitat de l'ánima (2003)

Legacy

Prominent Catalan writer and member of the Real Academia Española.