Margarita del Mazo

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Margarita del Mazo
Born (1960-10-17) 17 October 1960 (age 62)
Alma mater Complutense University of Madrid
Occupation(s)Writer, lawyer
Awards
Website www.margaritadelmazo.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Margarita del Mazo (born 17 October 1960) is a Spanish writer of children's literature.

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Biography

Margarita del Mazo earned a law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. In the late 1990s, she began narrating live stories, and in 2009, she published her first book, La máscara del león.

She teaches storytelling, creative writing, reading animation, puppet and theater workshops, as well as teacher training courses in rural public schools  [ es ] and private centers (nursery schools and institutes).

She collaborates with the Instituto Cervantes [1] on several of its festivals (Day E, Festival Ñ and Cervantino Day of Children's and Young Adult Literature), in different national and international venues, with presentations, workshops, author meetings and narration sessions. She also works with institutions such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo ABC, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Community of Madrid, Castilla–La Mancha, the Centro Andaluz de las Letras  [ es ], the Casa del Lector  [ es ] in Matadero, town halls, hospitals, festivals (BITA, Etnosur, Hay Festival, etc.), and narration marathons such as Guadalajara's and the Parla Cuenta Festival.

She has carried out several presentations at conferences and festivals of literature and illustration (IlustraTour, Hay Festival). In 2010, she participated in the International Congress of Art, Education, and Visual Culture in Early Childhood and Primary Education.

In 2017, she was invited to Chicago and other communities in Illinois, to participate in narration sessions and meetings with authors and teachers in bilingual centers and libraries. [1] [2]

Works

Children's literature

  • La máscara del León (2009, OQO)
  • Mosquito (2010, Jaguar)
  • ¡A mí no me comas! (2011, OQO)
  • La boda de los ratones (2012, OQO)
  • Hamelín (2012, La Fragatina)
  • Camuñas (2012, OQO)
  • Las gafas de ver (2013, La Fragatina)
  • El rebaño (2014, La Fragatina)
  • Feroz, el lobo (2014, OQO)
  • Carlitos Super M (2014, La Fragatina)
  • ¿Dónde están mis gafas? (2014, La Fragatina)
  • La luz de Lucía (2015, Cuento de Luz)
  • El pirata Malapata (2015, Jaguar)
  • 5 PATITOS (2016, Jaguar)
  • 1, 2, 3 ¡MÍO ES! (2016, Jaguar)
  • Mi cara (2016, Jaguar)
  • La visita (2016, Ed. Jaguar)
  • El mejor de los caminos (2017, Edelvives)
  • Don Romualdo [3] (2017, Tres tristes tigres)
  • Papá dice (2017, Jaguar)
  • NO quiero ser rey (2017, Canicabooks)
  • ¡Puff! (2017, Jaguar)
  • El más fuerte (2018, Libros de las Malas Compañías)

Stories for adults

  • Presentes (2018, Avenauta)

Awards and recognitions

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