Matilde Asensi

Matilde Asensi [ matilde Asensi ] (* 1962 in Alicante) is a Spanish writer of historical novels.

Career

Asensi studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and worked for three years in the news agency of Radio Alicante -SER. She then moved to Radio Nacional de España and took over the management of the local and provincial news. At the same time, she worked as a correspondent for the news agency EFE and worked together with the local newspaper La Verdad and Información.

Achievements

Asensi was a finalist in the literary prices Ciudad de San Sebastián (1995) and Gabriel Miró (1996 ) and won the first prize for stories in the XV Certamen Literario Juan Ortiz del Barco (1996 ) in Cádiz and the Premio de Novela Corta XVI Felipe Trigo ( 1997), Badajoz.

Her very first book, published in 1999, the El salón de ámbar, has been translated into several languages. At least with El último Catón rose Asensi 2001 to a successful and critically acclaimed Spanish writer.

Works (selection)

  • Iacobus. Novel. 2nd edition Dtv, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-423-20766-3.
  • Peregrinatio. Editorial Planeta, Barcelona 2004, ISBN 978-84-08-06855-6.
  • El salón de ámbar. Editorial Planeta, Barcelona 2006, ISBN 978-84-08-06899-0 ( Nachdr d ed Barcelona 1999).
  • Todo bajo el cielo. Editorial Planeta, Barcelona 2007, ISBN 978-84-08-06809-9.
  • Venganza en Sevilla. Editorial Planeta, Barcelona 2010, ISBN 978-84-08-08835-6 ( Autores españoles e Ibero ).
  • The lost origin. Roman ( " El origen perdido "). List Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-471-77044-5.
  • Guardians of the Cross. Roman ( " El último Catón "). Dtv, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-423-20899-6
  • ' Tierra Firme. Roman Editorial Planeta, Barcelona 2007, ISBN 978-84-08-00716-6
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