Anna Genover-Mas

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Anna Genover-Mas (born 1963) is a Catalan journalist and writer of children's books, one of which won the Vicenta Ferrer Vila de Paterna prize for the best children's literature book of 2007.[ citation needed ]

Genover-Mas was born in Girona in 1963. She studied journalism (BA, with Honors, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)) [1] and worked freelance for Spanish TV. Later she did cinema studies at NYU (postgrad in Cinematography) and Screenwriting at UCLA. [1] [2]

She now lives in Barcelona.

Several of her books have been translated into English. The Grumpy Gardener (Catalan: La Jardinera Rondinaire), an ecological adventure, was published in April 2008, and two other books, the prize-winning The Hungry Sprout and The Treasure of Pakamotu are forthcoming.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Anna Genover i Mas". Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. "Anna Genover i Ma". Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. Retrieved 8 February 2018.