Nieves Delgado (born 5 August 1968) is a Spanish science fiction writer, winner of the
Ignotus Award for her short story "Casas Rojas". She has written two novellas, a multitude of short stories, and several articles. She is the editor of the anthology ''Visiones 2018''. In addition to writing, she works as a physics teacher in secondary education.
Biography
Nieves Delgado was born in
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on 5 August 1968. She studied physics at the
University of Santiago de Compostela
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, later specializing in Astrophysics at the
University of La Laguna
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, Tenerife.
Her knowledge of science together with her passion for the genres of science fiction and horror have made her work revolve around technology and
artificial intelligence
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, almost always with a clear component of philosophical reflection. She began publishing in 2012 ("La condena"),
and soon received her first
Ignotus Award nomination for her story "Dariya" (2014).
The following year, she was nominated again for her short story "Casas Rojas", and this time she won in the Best Story category.
In 2016 she presented her collection of short stories ''Dieciocho engranajes. Relatos de futuro'' (Adaliz Ediciones, 2016), and in 2017 her first novella, ''36'' (Editorial Cerbero, March 2017).
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In 2018 Delgado received two Ignotus nominations: Best Novella for ''36'', and Best Article for "La segunda división de la literatura", in ''Editorial Cerbero'' (July 2017).]
Works
Novellas
Awards
* 2014: Finalist for the Ignotus Award for Best Story, for "Dariya"[
* 2015: Ignotus Award for Best Story, for "Casas Rojas"][
* 2018: Finalist for the Guillermo de Baskerville Award for ''36''][
* 2018: Finalist for the Ignotus Award for Best Novella, for ''36'', and Best Article, for "La segunda división de la literatura"][
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References
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1968 births
21st-century Spanish women writers
Women writers from Galicia (Spain)
Living people
People from Ferrol, Spain
University of Santiago de Compostela alumni
Spanish fantasy writers
Spanish schoolteachers
Spanish science fiction writers
Spanish women short story writers
Spanish short story writers