Premio Nadal
1 appearances
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Edition 55 (1998) Winner
Lucía Etxebarria
ルシア・エチェバリーア
Lucía Etxebarria
Pen Names:
Lucía Etxebarría (typographical pen name)（Adopted the variant spelling 'Etxebarría' — a typo she liked — as a nom de plume in some works）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1966-12-07 （Valencia, Spain）
- Nationality
- Spanish
- Languages
- Spanish
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1996-
- Affiliations
- Mensa (self-claimed)
- Memberships
- Mensa (self-claimed)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Nadal Prize (Premio Nadal) | Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes (Beatrice and the Heavenly Bodies) | 小説 | Publishing/organizers of the Premio Nadal | winner |
| 2001 | Primavera Prize | De todo lo visible y lo invisible (All Things Visible and Invisible) | 小説 | Primavera Prize organizers | winner |
| 2004 | Planeta Prize (Premio Planeta de Novela) | Un milagro en equilibrio (A Miracle in the Balance) | 小説 | Grupo Planeta | winner |
| 2004 | Barcarola Poetry Prize | Actos de amor y placer (Acts of Love and Pleasure) | 詩 | Barcarola (poetry prize organizers) | winner |
Nadal Prize (Premio Nadal)
1998
Work:
Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes (Beatrice and the Heavenly Bodies)
Category:
小説
Organization:
Publishing/organizers of the Premio Nadal
Result:
winner
Primavera Prize
2001
Work:
De todo lo visible y lo invisible (All Things Visible and Invisible)
Category:
小説
Organization:
Primavera Prize organizers
Result:
winner
Planeta Prize (Premio Planeta de Novela)
2004
Work:
Un milagro en equilibrio (A Miracle in the Balance)
Category:
小説
Organization:
Grupo Planeta
Result:
winner
Barcarola Poetry Prize
2004
Work:
Actos de amor y placer (Acts of Love and Pleasure)
Category:
詩
Organization:
Barcarola (poetry prize organizers)
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Premio Planeta de Novela (Planeta Novel Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 53 (2004) Winner
Works
Major Works
La historia de Kurt y Courtney: aguanta esto (The Story of Kurt and Courtney: Live Through This)
1996 biographyA biography chronicling the lives and relationship of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love.
rock historycelebrityrelationships
Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas (Love, Curiosity, Prozac and Doubts)
1997 novelA novel exploring youth, love, anxieties, and issues around psychiatric medication.
lovemental healthcoming-of-age
Adaptations
- [film] Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas (film adaptation) / Miguel Santesmases (2001)
Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes (Beatrice and the Heavenly Bodies)
1998 novelWinner of the 1998 Nadal Prize; centers on protagonist Beatrice and explores psychological themes and relationships.
identityrelationshipsself-discovery
De todo lo visible y lo invisible (All Things Visible and Invisible)
2001 novelA novel probing boundaries between visible and invisible, and inner life. Winner of the Primavera Prize.
inner lifeexistencesurrealism
Un milagro en equilibrio (A Miracle in the Balance)
2004 novelA novel themed around balance and miracles; winner of the 2004 Planeta Prize (53rd edition).
chance and destinybalancefamily and relationships
Bibliography
- La historia de Kurt y Courtney: aguanta esto (1996) — The Story of Kurt and Courtney: Live Through This
- Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas (1997) — Love, Curiosity, Prozac and Doubts
- Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes (1998) — Beatrice and the Heavenly Bodies
- Nosotras que no somos como las demas (1999) — We Who Are Not Like the Rest
- La futura Eva, La letra futura (2000) — The Future Eve, Future Writing
- De todo lo visible y lo invisible (2001) — All Things Visible and Invisible
- Estación de Infierno (2001) — poetry
- En brazos de la mujer fetiche (2002) — In the Arms of the Fetish Woman
- Una historia de amor como otra cualquiera (2003) — A Love Story Like All the Rest
- Un milagro en equilibrio (2004) — A Miracle in the Balance
- Courtney y yo (2004) — reedition of The Story of Kurt and Courtney
- Actos de amor y placer (2005) — Acts of Love and Pleasure (poetry)
- Voces desde y hacia Palestina (2005) — editor
- Ya no sufro por amor (2006) — self-help
- Cosmofobia (2007) — novel
- El club de las malas madres (2009) — essays with Goyo Bustos
- Lo verdadero es un momento de lo falso (2010)
- El contenido del silencio (2011/2012) — novel
- Tu corazón no está bien de la cabeza (2013) — self-help
- Dios no tiene tiempo libre (2013/2014) — theater
- Cuentos clásicos para chicas modernas (2013)
- Liquidación por derribo. Cómo se gestó la que está cayendo (2013) — essays
- Flores para Sally (2014) — theater
- Más peligroso es no amar (2016) — essays
- Le don empoisonné de la folie (2017) — novel (French title)
- Por qué el amor nos duele tanto (2017) — Why Love Hurts So Much (novel)
- Batirse en vuelo (2017) — poetry
Adaptations
- Sobreviviré — screenplay (1999 film)
- Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas — screenplay / film (2001)
- La mujer de mi vida — screenplay (2001)
- I Love You Baby — screenplay (2001)
Translations of Works
- Le don empoisonné de la folie (French edition title, 2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- clear, conversational prosefocus on emotional and interior depictionfrequent pop-culture references
- Recurring Motifs
- love and its painidentity and self-discoverymental fragility and recovery
Legacy
A prominent Spanish-language writer from the late 1990s and 2000s, known for addressing youth emotions and social issues. Winner of major prizes like the Nadal and Planeta; also notable for publicly announcing a halt to writing over piracy concerns.
Trivia
- Full name Lucía María Echevarría de Asteinza; has Basque family names.
- Adopted the typographical variant 'Etxebarría' as a pen name in some contexts.
- Won the Nadal Prize in 1998 and the Planeta Prize in 2004.
- Announced in 2011 that she would stop writing in protest against digital piracy.
- Has claimed membership in Mensa.