Juana Salabert
Born1962
Paris, France
NationalitySpanish
Notable worksVelódromo de Invierno

Juana Salabert (born 1962) is a Spanish writer, journalist, literary critic and translator. She is the winner of Premio Biblioteca Breve 2001 and the runner-up for Premio Nadal 1996.

Early life and education

She was born in 1962, in Paris, where her parents lived in exile from Francoist dictatorship.[1][2] Her father was the journalist Miguel Salabert.[2][3] She completed a philology degree at the Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail.[2][4]

Career

Salabert writes in Spanish[1] and her body of work includes novels, short stories, a travel book and a children's book.[4] Her writings often deal with the history and the aftermath of World War II or the Spanish Civil War, or touch upon the history of displacement of her own family.[5][6] She debuted in 1996 with Varadero, followed by Arde lo que será which was published the same year and was the runner-up for the Premio Nadal.[1][4] Her 2001 novel Velódromo de invierno, which described the horrors of Nazism through the eyes of a child, was awarded with Premio Biblioteca Breve.[1]

Salabert was the finalist for Rómulo Gallegos Prize (2011), Premio Dulce Chacón (2005), National Literature Prize for Narrative (2005) and Premio Dashiell Hammett (2008).[4]

Apart from writing longer forms, Salabert has also written for the press, including texts of literary criticism, as well as worked as a literary translator.[2]

Works

  • Varadero, 1996
  • Arde lo que será, 1996
  • Mar de los espejos, 1998
  • Aire nada más, 1999
  • Estación central, 1999
  • La bruja marioneta, 2001 (children's book)
  • Velódromo del invierno, 2001
  • La noche ciega, 2004
  • Hijas de la ira, 2005
  • El bulevar del miedo, 2007
  • Cuentos de amigas, 2009
  • La faz de la tierra, 2011
  • La regla del oro, 2015[7]
  • Atentado, 2022[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Conferencia ::Encuentro con Juana Salabert ::Instituto Cervantes de Burdeos". Instituto Cervantes. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Juana Salabert". Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  3. 1 2 Corroto, Paula (2022-02-18). "Juana Salabert se adentra en el infierno terrorista de la yihad: "Tenemos el horror dentro"". el Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ana María Matute y Juana Salabert". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  5. ↑ "La mirada al turbulento siglo XX de Juana Salabert". Radio Prague International (in Spanish). 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  6. ↑ Linhard, Tabea Alexa (2014-06-04). Jewish Spain: A Mediterranean Memory. Stanford University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8047-9188-5.
  7. ↑ "Salabert, Juana". Escritores.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
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