Premios de la Crítica (Spanish Critics' Prizes)
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Edition 0 (2016) Winner
Cristina Fernández Cubas
クリスティーナ・フェルナンデス・クバス
Kurisutīna Ferunandesu Kubasu
Pen Names:
Fernanda Kubbs（Used for the novel La puerta entreabierta）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945 （Arenys de Mar, Barcelona province）
- Nationality
- Spain
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Barcelona → Cairo → Lima → Buenos Aires → Paris → Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- writer, journalist
- Active Years
- 1980-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Barcelona | — | Law and Journalism | — | — | Spain |
University of Barcelona
Law and Journalism
Country:
Spain
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Setenil Award | Parientes pobres del diablo | — | Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Premio Ciudad de Barcelona | Todos los cuentos | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Premio Salambó | Todos los cuentos | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Premio Nacional de Narrativa | La habitación de Nona | — | Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Premio de la Crítica Española | La habitación de Nona | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Premio NH Hoteles | Cosas que ya no existen | — | — | 受賞 |
Setenil Award
2006
Work:
Parientes pobres del diablo
Organization:
Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura
Result:
受賞
Premio Ciudad de Barcelona
2009
Work:
Todos los cuentos
Result:
受賞
Premio Salambó
2009
Work:
Todos los cuentos
Result:
受賞
Premio Nacional de Narrativa
2016
Work:
La habitación de Nona
Organization:
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Result:
受賞
Premio de la Crítica Española
2016
Work:
La habitación de Nona
Result:
受賞
Premio NH Hoteles
2001
Work:
Cosas que ya no existen
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Mi hermana Elba
1980 Short storyHer first collection of short stories.
familyreality and fantasy
Los altillos de Brumal
1983 Short storyCollection of fantastic short stories.
fantasyhorror
El año de Gracia
1985 NovelNovel set on the Scottish island of Gruinard, blending reality and fantasy.
adventurepersonal discovery
Translations
- The Gap Year (2022)
La habitación de Nona
2015 Short storyCollection exploring ambiguities of imagination and threat of madness.
imaginationmadnessgothic
Translations
- Nona’s Room (2017)
Bibliography
- Mi hermana Elba (1980)
- Los altillos de Brumal (1983)
- El ángulo del horror (1990)
- Con Ágatha en Estambul (1994)
- El año de Gracia (1985)
- El columpio (1995)
- Parientes pobres del diablo (2006)
- Todos los cuentos (2008)
- La habitación de Nona (2015)
- La puerta entreabierta (2013)
- Hermanas de sangre (1998)
- Cosas que ya no existen (2001)
- Emilia Pardo Bazán (2001)
Translations of Works
- Nona’s Room (English)
- The Gap Year (English)
- Blood Sisters (English)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fantastic literaturegothicsurrealismpsychological exploration
- Recurring Motifs
- ambiguities of imaginationhuman psycheboundary between reality and fantasythreat of madness
Legacy
One of the most important writers post-Franco dictatorship, credited with inaugurating a renaissance in Spanish short story genre.
Quotes
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In these six elegant stories she’s most interested in the ambiguities and periodic disturbances that plague the imagination, and reports on them with the appropriate sense of awe, even of dread.
Source: The New York Times (2017) -
Her stories tend to explore the mysteries of both external reality and of the human psyche.
Source: Phyllis Zatlin (1996)
Trivia
- One of the most important writers who began publishing after the end of the Franco dictatorship.
- Awarded honorary doctorate by University of Alcalá de Henares in 2021.