Ada Castells Ferrer or Ada Castells (born 28 November 1968) is a

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professor, writer and journalist.

Life

Castells was born in

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in 1968. Her first novel ''El dit de l'àngel'' involved her Protestant ancestors. It was published in Catalan (and Spanish) in 1998. Castells was a professor in 1999. In 2004, her novel about the German painter

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, "Tota La Vida", was published. In 2010 she had teaching obligations at two universities and other colleges. Her 2012 book ''Pura Sang'' (Pure Blood) was set in

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and it won the 32nd Premi Sant Joan Unnim for Catalan literature. Her 2019 novel "Mare" involves the differing memories of a woman and her daughter.

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