Sara Mesa (born 1976) is a Spanish writer. Born in

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, she has lived in

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since childhood. As a poet, she won the Premio Nacional de Poesía Miguel Hernández in 2007 for ''Este jilguero agenda''. Since then, she has published the novels ''Un incendio invisible'' ( Premio Málaga de Novela) and ''El trepanador de cerebros'', and the short story collections ''No es fácil ser verde'' and ''La sobriedad del galápago''. Her novel '' Cuatro por cuatro'' was nominated for the

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Bibliography

Novels *''El trepanador de cerebros'' (2010). ''The Trepanner''. *''Un incendio invisible'' (2011; re-edited 2017). ''An Invisible Fire''. *''Cuatro por cuatro'' (2012). ''Four by Four'', trans. Katie Whittemore (Open Letter, 2020). *''Cicatriz'' (2015). ''Scar'', trans. Adriana Nodal-Tarafa (Dalkey Archive, 2017). *''Cara de pan'' (2018). ''Among the Hedges'', trans. Megan McDowell (Open Letter, 2021). *''Un amor'' (2020). Trans. Katie Whittemore (Open Letter, 2023). *''La familia'' (2022). Short story collections *''La sobriedad del galápago'' (2008). ''The Sobriety of the Terrapin''. *''No es fácil ser verde'' (2009). ''It's Not Easy to Be Green''. *''Mala letra'' (2016). ''Bad Handwriting'', trans. Katie Whittemore (Open Letter, 2022). Poems * ''Este jilguero agenda'' (2007). ''This Goldfinch Agenda''. Essays * ''Silencio administrativo: La pobreza en el laberinto burocrático'' (2019). ''Administrative Silence: Poverty in the Bureaucratic Labyrinth.'' *''Perder el miedo: Un manual para la vida'' (2020). ''Losing Fear: A Manual for Life.''

Awards and honors

* 2007 - Premio Nacional de Poesía Miguel Hernández, for ''Este jilguero agenda'' * 2011 - Premio Málaga de Novela, for ''Un incendio invisible'' * 2016 - Premio Ojo Crítico de Narrativa, for ''Cicatriz'' *2017 - Premio Literario Arzobispo Juan de San Clemente, for ''Cicatriz'' *2021 - Premios de los libreros (ficción), for ''Un amor''

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Spanish women poets 1976 births Living people Spanish women novelists 21st-century Spanish poets 21st-century Spanish novelists 21st-century short story writers 21st-century Spanish women writers Spanish women short story writers Spanish short story writers Writers from Madrid {{Spain-writer-stub