Patricia Esteban Erlés (
Zaragoza
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, 1972) is a
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secondary school teacher, journalist for the ''
Heraldo de Aragón
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History and profile
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'' and a short story writer. She studied
Spanish language
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and
literature
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at the
University of Zaragoza
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. She has won a number of major awards and her work has been included in several anthologies. Her stories have been praised by literary critic Rachel Rees for their “biting wit”.
Works
Novel
* ''Las Madres Negras''. Madrid: Galaxia Gutemberg, 2018. Winner of IV Premio Dos Passos (2017).
"Patricia Esteban Erlés gana el premio Dos Passos a la primera novela"
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Short story collections
* ''Manderley en venta''. Zaragoza: Tropo, 2008. Premio de Narrativa de la Universidad de Zaragoza (2007) and finalist for the Setenil Award (2008).
* ''Abierto para fantoches''. Zaragoza: Diputación, 2008.
* ''Azul ruso''. Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2010. Finalist for the Setenil Award (2010).
* ''Casa de muñecas''. Ilustraciones: Sara Morante. Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2012.
Articles
* ''Fondo de armario''. Editorial Contraseña SC, Zaragoza, 2019.
Anthologies
The short stories of Patricia Esteban have been included in the following anthologies:
* '' No entren al 1408 - Antología en español tributo a Stephen King''. Ed. Jorge Luis Cáceres. Quito: La Biblioteca de Babel, 2013.
* ''Siglo XXI. Los nuevos nombres del cuento español actual.'' Ed. Gemma Pellicer & Fernando Valls. Palencia: Menoscuarto, 2010.
* ''El libro del voyeur.'' Pablo Gallo, ilustrador y editor. La Coruña: Ediciones del Viento, 2010.
* ''Perturbaciones. Antología del relato fantástico español actual.'' Ed. Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel. Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2009.
* ''Por favor, sea breve 2.'' Antología de relatos hiperbreves. Ed. Clara Obligado. Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2009.
* ''22 escarabajos. Antología hispánica del cuento beatle.'' Ed. Mario Cuenca Sandoval. Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2009.
* ''Ellos y ellas. Relaciones de amor, lujuria y odio entre directores y estrellas.'' Ed. Hilario J. Rodríguez & Carlos Tejeda. Calamar Ediciones /Festival de Cine de Huesca, 2010. (Her story ''Alfred Hitchcock y las rubias'', describes a fictitious conversation between Alfred Hitchcock
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& François Truffaut
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).
* ''Cuentos de Iberia: 19 cuentos, 15 lenguas.'' Ed. José López Camarillas. Llibres de l’Encobert, Valencia, 2018.
Translations into English
* ''Take Six: Six Spanish Women Writers'', edited and translated by Kathryn Phillips-Miles and Simon Deefholts: Dedalus Books, 2022. (Contains a selection of Patricia’s stories in English translation).
Awards and Prizes
* Premio de Narración Breve de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2007.
* XXII Premio de Narrativa Santa Isabel de Aragón, Reina de Portugal for ''Azul ruso.''
* Premio Dos Passos for ''Las madres negras.''
References
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Spanish philologists
Spanish women philologists
1972 births
People from Zaragoza
Living people