Esther Bendahan Cohen (
Tétouan
Tétouan ( ar, تطوان, tiṭwān, ber, ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⴰⵏ, tiṭṭawan; es, Tetuán) is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles so ...
, 1964) is a
Moroccan-
Spanish
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writer.
Her
Moroccan Jewish
Moroccan Jews ( ar, اليهود المغاربة, al-Yahūd al-Maghāriba he, יהודים מרוקאים, Yehudim Maroka'im) are Jews who live in or are from Morocco. Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community dating to Roman times. Jews b ...
family went to Madrid when she was a child, in this city she studied Psychology and French Literature. She is the director of the television program ''Shalom'' (
RTVE
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) and the organizer of
Centro Sefarad-Israel.
Books
*''Soñar con Hispania'' (''Dreaming of Hispania'') (with Ester Benari), Ediciones Tantín, 2002
*''La sombra y el mar'' (''Shadow and Sea''), Morales del Coso, 2003
*''Deshojando alcachofas'' (''Putting the Leaves off Some Artichokes''), Seix Barral, 2005
*''Déjalo, ya volveremos'' (''Let It Be, We'll Come Back Some Day''), Seix Barral, 2006, where she tells her childhood and the disintegration of Moroccan Jewish communities.
*''La cara de Marte'' (''Mars' Face''), Algaida, 2007.
*''El secreto de la reina persa'' (''Persian Queen's Secret''), La Esfera de los Libros, 2009
*''Tratado del alma gemela'', Ediciones del Viento, 2012. Award: XXII Premio de Narrativa
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (13 June 1910 – 27 January 1999) was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
Life
He was born in Serantes, Ferrol, Galicia, and received his first education there, subsequently attend ...
.
Prizes
*Premio Fnac, Deshojando alcachofas.
*
Tigre Juan Award
The Tigre Juan Award ( es, Premio Tigre Juan, links=no) is a Spanish literary award created in 1977 in honor of the novel ''Tigre Juan. El curandero de su honra'' by Ramón Pérez de Ayala. It is awarded to the best narrative work in Spanish publis ...
, 2006 with ''La cara de Marte''
*Premio Torrente ballester, 2011, El tratado del alma gemela.
Translations
*''Au nom de l'Autre: Réflexions sur l'antisémitisme qui vient '',
Alain Finkielkraut
Alain Finkielkraut (, ; ; born 30 June 1949) is a French philosopher and public intellectual. He has written books and essays on a wide range of topics, many on the ideas of tradition and identitary nonviolence, including Jewish identity and ant ...
, Seix Barral, 2005 (with Adolfo García Ortega).
References
External links
Seix Barral
''Déjalo, ya volveremos'', Chapter 1
(PDF)
*http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/11/20/opinion/1384972577_665223.html
1964 births
21st-century Moroccan women writers
Living people
People from Tétouan
Jewish women writers
Moroccan emigrants to Spain
20th-century Moroccan Jews
21st-century Spanish women writers
21st-century Spanish Jews
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