Lola Beccaria

Lola Beccaria
Born February 22, 1963
Ferrol, Spain
Nationality Spanish

Lola Beccaria is a Spanish writer who is based in Madrid.

Life

Beccaria was born in Ferrol in Gallicia in 1963.[1] She has a doctorate in Hispanic studies. She has written several novels which have been translated into a number of different languages. She has created a musical based on "The Little Match Girl" as well as some film scripts.

She has written about the bias that she has observed in the publishing industry which has been dominated by men who have chosen books by men for a male audience.[2]

In 2001 she was a runner up finalist for the Premio Nadal award and in 2009 she was awarded the Premio Azorín award for El arte de perder.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaria, planetadelibros.com, retrieved April 2015
  2. ↑ Henseler, Christine (2003). Contemporary Spanish women's narrative and the publishing industry. Urbana [u.a.]: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0252028317.


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