Carme Solé Vendrell (born 1944 in

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) is a Spanish

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and writer, mainly of children's books. Since 1968, she has illustrated more than a hundred books. She has also worked on television series such as ''Víctor y María''. She was a Premio Nacional de Cultura laureate in 1979 and 2012. Between 2012 and 2015 her collection was deposited in the

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, consisting of about 400 drawings.

Awards

* 1979: "Premio Nacional de Cultura" * 1993: "Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Literatura Infantil i Juvenil" for her illustrations in ''Brrrrrgg!'' by Jaume Escala * 2006:

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* 2012: "Premi Nacional de Cultura"

Selected works

* ''Raspall'' (1981) * ''La lluna d'en Joan'' (1982) * ''Jo les volia'' (1984) * ''En Joan és molt petit'' (1990) * ''Els nens del mar'' (1991) * ''Magenta la petita fada'' (2003) ,

Works in English

*''Water'' Childrens Press Choice, 1984, , *''Sally's story'' London : Blackie, 1984. ,

References

Sources

* "Carme Solé Vendrell", by Jaime García Sobrino, in ''Nous voulons lire !'', no. 104, June 1994, pp. 81–88 * "Carme Solé Vendrell", in ''CLIJ'', no. 60, April 1994, pp. 25–26 * "Carme Solé i Vendrell" in ''Bookbird'', no. 32-33, Autumn 1994, p. 48

External links

Official websiteCarme Solé Vendrell collection in the National Library of Catalonia
1944 births Living people Writers from Barcelona 20th-century Spanish writers 21st-century Spanish writers Spanish children's writers Spanish women children's writers Spanish illustrators Spanish women children's book illustrators Spanish children's book illustrators 20th-century Spanish women writers 21st-century Spanish women writers {{Spain-writer-stub