Dolores Soler-Espiauba Conesa (born
Cartagena, Spain, 1935) is a Spanish writer, winning awards for her novels.
Biography
Having studied German and Spanish Philology at the
Complutense University of Madrid
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, Soler-Esiauba began work as a teacher in Portugal, France and Poland. In 1974 she moved to
Brussels
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, Belgium, where she worked as a translator and teacher for the
European Union
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.
Her first novel, ''Los Canardos'', was published late in 1987, for which she received the
Premio Felipe Trigo. Later she would win the same prize for ''Woman with a Landscape of Rain'' (''Mujer con paisaje de lluvia'') in 1988.
Soler-Espiauba has also received the
Premio Andalucía de Novela for ''Sister Ana, What Do You See?'', the
Premio Azorín
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in 1991, the
Premio Café Gijón in 1992 and the
Premio Gabriel Miró de Cuentos in 2007 for ''The Tomb of King Baltasar''.
Works
Novels
*''Los Canardos'', (1987), VII Premio Felipe Trigo.
*''Woman with a Landscape of Rain'' (''Mujer con paisaje de lluvia''), (1988), VIII Premio Felipe Trigo.
*''Chronicles of Oblivion'' (''Crónica del olvido''), (1988), Premio Café Iruña.
*''Sister Ana, What Do You See?'' (''Hermana Ana, ¿Qué ves?''), (1990) V Premio Andalucía
*''Elisa or the Imperfect Past'' (''Elisa o el pasado imperfecto''), (1992), Premio Azorín de Novela
*''The Gold and the Moor. Alicante'' (''El oro y el moro. Alicante''), (1992), Premio Café Gijón
*''The Blackberry Stain'' (''La mancha de la mora'') (1997).
Short stories
*''Twelve Roses for Rose'' (''Doce rosas para Rosa''), (1989).
*''The Thief with the Black Glove'' (''Ladrón de guante negro''), (1989).
*''More Was Lost in Cuba'' (''Más se perdió en Cuba''), (1995).
*''Moors and Christians'' (''Moros y Cristianos''), (1995).
*''...But Brunettes Marry Themselves'' (''...Pero se casan con las morenas''), (1995).
*''More Shells than a Tortoise'' (''Más conchas que un galápago''), (1998).
*''Guantanameras'', (1997).
*''A Taxi towards Coyoacán'' (''Un taxi hacia Coyoacán''), (1998).
*''Mirta and the Old Master'' (''Mirta y el viejo señor''), (1998).
*''Life is a Tango'' (''La vida es un tango''), (1998).
*''The Tomb of King Baltasar'' (''La tumba del rey Baltasar''), (2007).
References
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1935 births
Living people
Spanish novelists
Writers from Cartagena, Spain