Luisa Castro (born 1966, in

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, Lugo) is a Spanish writer and journalist who has published in Galician and

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. She is currently Director of the

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. Her first collection of poems, ''Odisea definitiva: Libro póstumo'' (''Definitive Odyssey: :Posthumous Book'') was published in 1984. Her next book, ''Baleas e baleas'' (1988), was her first work in the Galician language. Her first novel was ''El somier'' (''Bed Base'') (1999).

Prizes

*1986

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with ''Los versos del eunuco''. *2001

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with ''El secreto de la lejía''. *2006

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with ''La segunda mujer''.

Works

Poetry

* ''Odisea definitiva: Libro póstumo''. Madrid: Arnao, 1984 * ''Los versos del eunuco''. Madrid: Hiperión, 1986. (

1986) * ''Baleas e baleas''. Ferrol: Sociedad de Cultura Valle-Inclán, 1988 * ''Los seres vivos''. 1988 * ''Los hábitos del artillero''. Madrid: Visor Libros S.L., 1989. (Premio Rey Juan Carlos 1990) * ''Ballenas''. Madrid: Hiperión, 1992 * ''De mí haré una estatua ecuestre''. Madrid: Hiperión, 1997 * ''Actores vestidos de calle''. Madrid: Visor, 2018 * ''La fortaleza: Poesía reunida (1984-2005)''. Madrid: Visor, 2019 * ''Un amor antiguo''. Vigo: Galaxia, 2022

Narrative

* ''El somier. Barcelona''.

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, 1990. (Finalista del VIII Premio Herralde 1990) * ''La fiebre amarilla''. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1994 * ''Mi madre en la ventana''.' En: Madres e hijas. Freixas, Laura (ed.) . Barcelona: Anagrama, 1996 * ''El amor inútil''. En ''Páginas amarillas''. Madrid: Lengua de trapo, 1997, pp. 137–145 * ''No es un regalo''. En ''Vidas de mujer''. Monmany, Mercedes (ed.) . Madrid: Alianza, 1998, pp. 245–253. * ''El secreto de la lejía''. Barcelona: Planeta, 2001. Novela.

2001 * ''Viajes con mi padre''. Barcelona: Planeta, 2003 * ''Cuando más feliz soy''. El Cultural, 26 jun 2003, p. 6 * ''Una patada en el culo y otros cuentos'', 2004. Premio Torrente Ballester 2004 *''La segunda mujer'', 2006. Seix Barral. Premio Biblioteca Breve.

Essay

* ''Carmen Martín Gaite''. In ''Retratos literarios Retratos literarios: Escritores españoles del siglo XX evocados por sus contemporáneos''. Freixas, Laura (ed.) . Madrid: Espasa Calpé, 1997, pp. 306–307 * ''Diario de los años apresurados''. Madrid: Hiperión, 1998

References

Bibliography

* ''Luisa Castro o la escritura doble''. Rodríguez, Béatrice. In ''Mujeres novelistas: Jóvenes narradoras de los noventa''. Redondo Goicoechea, Alicia (coord.) . Madrid: Narcea, 2003, pp. 97–107.

External links

Página con poemas de Luisa Castro
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