Maria Dolores Torres Manzanera, known as Maruja Torres (
Barcelona, 16 March 1943), is a Spanish writer and journalist. She is a recipient of the
Premio Planeta de Novela
The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta.
Financially, it is the ...
and the
Premio Nadal.
Biography
Her parents were from
Murcia, and she was born in the
El Raval
El Raval () is a neighborhood in the '' Ciutat Vella'' district of Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia. The neighborhood, especially the part closest to the old port, was formerly (informally) known as ''Barri Xinès'' or ''Barrio Chino'', me ...
neighbourhood. Her start as a journalist was thanks to
Carmen Kurtz when she was 21. Torres has worked for several publications (including ''La Prensa'', ''
Garbo'', ''
Fotogramas'', ''Por Favor'', and ''
El País
''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
''), and her opinions about the
People's Party and
Israeli government have been very controversial.
She is considered a political leader of Feminism, specifically of the Spanish variant
"charismo" or "charocracia".
Her short story ''La desaparecida (The Woman who Disappeared)'' was included in ''Rainy Days - Días de lluvia: Short Stories by Contemporary Spanish Women Writers'', an anthology edited by Montserrat Lunati, together with a translation into English.
Maruja currently lives in
Beirut, Lebanon.
Bibliography
*''¡Oh es él! Viaje fantástico hacia Julio Iglesias'' (1986). Translated as ''Desperately Seeking Julio'' (1991)
*''Ceguera de amor'' (1991)
*''Amor América: un viaje sentimental por América Latina'' (1993)
*''Como una gota'' (artículos, 1995)
*''La garrapata'' (cuento perteneciente al libro ''Barcelona, un día'', 1998)
*''Un calor tan cercano'' (1998)
*''Mujer en guerra. Más másters da la vida'' (Biográfico, 1999)
*''El velo y las lágrimas'' (cuento perteneciente a ''Mujeres al alba'', 1999)
*''Mientras vivimos'' (2000) ''XLIX Premio Planeta''
*''Hombres de lluvia'' (2004)
*''La amante en guerra'' (2007)
*''Esperadme en el cielo'' (2009)
* ''Fácil de matar'', 2011
* ''Sin entrañas'', 2012
* ''Diez veces siete'', 2014
Prizes
*Premio Víctor de la Serna (1986)
*Premio Francisco Cerecedo (1990)
*Foreign Literature Prize, ''Un calor tan cercano'' (1998)
*XLIX
Premio Planeta
The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta.
Financially, it is the ...
, ''Mientras vivimos'' (2000)
*
Premio Nadal, ''Esperadme en el cielo'' (2009)
El barrio soñado de Maruja Torres
El País
''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
, 7 de enero de 2009.
References
External links
Biography and works by Maruja Torres
Profile and articles by Maruja Torres, El País
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1943 births
Living people
Writers from Barcelona
Journalists from Catalonia
Spanish women journalists
20th-century Spanish women writers
20th-century Spanish writers
21st-century Spanish women writers