Juana Salabert

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Juana Salabert
Born1962
Paris, France
NationalitySpanish
Notable worksVelódromo de Invierno

Juana Salabert (born 1962) is a Spanish writer, journalist, literary critic and translator. She is the winner of Premio Biblioteca Breve 2001 and the runner-up for Premio Nadal 1996.

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Early life and education

She was born in 1962, in Paris, where her parents lived in exile from Francoist dictatorship. [1] [2] Her father was the journalist Miguel Salabert. [2] [3] She completed a philology degree at the Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail. [2] [4]

Career

Salabert writes in Spanish [1] and her body of work includes novels, short stories, a travel book and a children's book. [4] Her writings often deal with the history and the aftermath of World War II or the Spanish Civil War, or touch upon the history of displacement of her own family. [5] [6] She debuted in 1996 with Varadero, followed by Arde lo que será which was published the same year and was the runner-up for the Premio Nadal. [1] [4] Her 2001 novel Velódromo de invierno, which described the horrors of Nazism through the eyes of a child, was awarded with Premio Biblioteca Breve. [1]

Salabert was the finalist for Rómulo Gallegos Prize (2011), Premio Dulce Chacón (2005), National Literature Prize for Narrative (2005) and Premio Dashiell Hammett (2008). [4]

Apart from writing longer forms, Salabert has also written for the press, including texts of literary criticism, as well as worked as a literary translator. [2]

Works

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