Inés Martín Rodrigo (born 1983) is a Spanish writer and cultural journalist. Her novel ''Las formas del querer'' is the winner of the

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2022.

Early life and education

Inés Martín Rodrigo was born in 1983, in Madrid, and grew up in a village in

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. She completed a journalism degree at the

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Career

Martín Rodrigo works as a journalist and since 2008 has been writing for the culture section of ''ABC'', where she coordinates the coverage of literature. In 2016, Martín Rodrigo published her first work of fiction ''Azules son las horas'', a biographical work which focused on the life of

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. Her second novel ''Las formas del querer'', which was published six years later, won the

. Martín Rodrigo's body of work also includes short stories, an anthology of interviews with women writers ''Una habitación compartida'', as well as prologues to works by such authors as

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or Carmen Laforet. In 2019, Martín Rodrigo was chosen by the

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to be one of the Spanish authors promoted abroad as part of their newly launched ''10 de 30'' program. She served as a judge for various Spanish literary awards, including Critical Eye Awards and collaborated with

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Works

* ''Azules son las horas'', 2016 * ''Una habitación compartida: conversaciones con grandes escritoras'', 2020 * ''Giselle'', 2020 (a children's book with illustrations by Raquel Aparicio) * ''Las formas del querer'', 2022

References

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