Care Santos

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Native name
Macarena Santos i Torres
Born (1970-04-08) 8 April 1970 (age 54)
LanguageCatalan, Spanish
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
Genrenovel
Notable awards

Macarena Santos i Torres, (born 8 April 1970) is a Spanish writer who writes under the name "Care Santos". She writes in both Catalan and Spanish languages, [1] for both young and adult readers. [2]

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Biography

Care Santos studied law and Spanish in france philology at the University of Barcelona. She started her career as a journalist at Diari de Barcelona and later worked for the papers ABC and El Mundo . In 1995, Santos was recognized for her first book, a collection of novels with the title Cuentos cítricos. Her next books were Trigal con cuervos and Los ojos del lobo.

Awards and honors

Selected works

Works in English

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References

  1. Gran Catalana
  2. "Medverkande 2014 — Bok & Bibliotek". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. "Care Santos, premiada per lobra poètica Disección". Capgrós (in Spanish). 19 June 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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