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Eva Díaz Pérez (born 1971) is a Spanish journalist and writer. She is also a teacher of at the EUSA University Center and a lecturer. She has received the Andalusian Journalism Award, and in July 2019 she was appointed director of the (CAL).


Biography

Eva Díaz Pérez has a licentiate in information sciences from the University of Seville. Her first job as a journalist was at the now-defunct ''
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''. She worked at '' El Mundo'' for more than 20 years as an editor specializing in cultural issues. She has been a contributor to the newspapers ''
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'' and the magazines ''Mercurio'' and ''Andalucía en la Historia''. She began her literary career in 2001 with the publication of the satirical book ''El polvo del camino. El libro maldito del Rocío''. In 2003 and 2004 she was a finalist for the National Journalism Award. In 2005, the José Manuel Lara Foundation published her
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''Memoria de cenizas'', for which she received the 2008 Unamuno "Friend of the Protestants" Award from ', "for her important contribution to the recovery of the Protestant
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." Also in 2005, she was a finalist for the Premio Nadal with her work ''El Club de la Memoria''. In 2006, the Lara Foundation published her ''Hijos del Mediodía'', which won RTVA's El Público Radio and Televisión Award for Andalusian Culture. In 2011, Díaz published her fourth novel, ''El sonámbulo de Verdún'', and in 2013, ''Adriático''. The latter won the 7th , as well as the Andalusian Critics Award in May 2014. In 2013 she received a literary career award from the Seville Book Fair. Journalism awards she has won include the Francisco Valdés, Unicaja, University of Seville, City of Málaga, and City of Huelva. In 2017 she published the novel ''El color de los ángeles'' about Baroque painter
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. In non-fiction, Díaz is known for her essays ''La Andalucía del exilio'' (2008) and ''Travesías históricas: viajeros que contaron el mundo'' (2017), as well as the literary guide ''Sevilla, un retrato literario'' (2011). She is the co-author of the 2005 biography ''Salvador Távora. El sentimiento trágico de Andalucía''. She teaches literature courses at the and the
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(UNIA), and gives lectures at foreign universities. She also teaches classes at the EUSA University Center, attached to the University of Seville, where she has worked since 2013. In 2018 she won the Andalusian Journalism Award for "Google time", a series of cultural articles published in the magazine ''Andalucía en la Historia''. She was the curator of the Año Murillo, Seville's multidisciplinary event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the painter's birth. In July 2019, Díaz won a competition convened by the to determine the successor of as CAL director.


Works

* ''El polvo del camino. El libro maldito del Rocío'' (2001), Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía, * ''Memoria de cenizas'' (2005), Fundación José Manuel Lara, * ''Salvador Távora. El sentimiento trágico de Andalucía'' (2005), Fundación José Manuel Lara, * ''Hijos del Mediodía'' (2006), Fundación José Manuel Lara, * ''La Andalucía del exilio'' (2008), Fundación José Manuel Lara, * ''El Club de la Memoria'' (2008), Ediciones Destino, * ''Sevilla, un retrato literario'' (2011), Editorial Paréntesis, * ''El sonámbulo de Verdún'' (2011), Ediciones Destino, * ''Adriático'' (2013), Fundación José Manuel Lara, * ''El color de los ángeles'' (2017), Planeta, * ''Travesías históricas: viajeros andaluces que contaron el mundo.'' (2017), Fundación José Manuel Lara,


Awards and recognitions


Journalism

* 2003 and 2004 finalist for the National Journalism Award * 1997 City of Huelva Award * 2008 City of Málaga Award * 2008 University of Seville Journalism Award * 2012 Unicaja Award for Journalistic Articles * 2015 Francisco Valdés Journalism Award * 2018 Andalusian Journalism Award


Literature

* 2005 Unamuno Award * 2006 RTVA El Público Award * 2008 finalist for the Premio Nadal * 2013 Andalusian Critics Award * 2013 * 2013 Seville Book Fair Career Award


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz Perez, Eva 1971 births 21st-century Spanish educators 21st-century Spanish novelists 21st-century Spanish women writers Living people Writers from Seville Spanish journalists Spanish women academics Spanish women essayists Spanish women journalists Spanish women novelists University of Seville alumni 21st-century women educators