Eugenia Rico

María Eugenia Rico Álvarez ( born February 11, 1972 in Oviedo) is a Spanish writer.

Life and work

She published her first story at age eleven in the " Diario Región " and with 20 she founded the magazine " Revista Multiversidad ". Rico studied law and international relations in Oviedo, Toulouse and Brussels and specialized in human rights. She also studied acting and learned at the International Writers' Circle under the direction of Fernando Trueba Write cinema screenplays. After traveling through Argentina and India and stays in various other countries, they came back to Spain, where she lives in Madrid. In 2000, she published her first novel " Los amantes tristes " which was very well received by the critics and translated into different languages ​​.

In 2002 he released the novel " La muerte blanca ", with whom she won the Premio Azorin 2002. The book was described by critics of El Cultural and El Mundo as one of the best novels of the year. Others said they then as the inventor of the interactive novel. Two years later appeared " La edad secreta ". The book came in the finals of the Premio Primavera 2004, and was also on sale here a great success - currently a film based on the novel by being prepared. For an essay on India, she won the 2005 Premio Espiritualidad. In 2006, she published " El otoño inglés ", but she won the novel prize Premio Ateneo de Sevilla.

Eugenia Rico works ( regularly for Cadena Ser and Onda Cero ) for various publications such as la Revista de Occidente, El Mundo and El País as well as for the radio. In 2006 she received the UNICEF Award for the best article of the year for a report. Her stories and poems have been published in numerous anthologies. Her most recent novel, " Aunque Seamos Malditas " is " Even if we are damned " published in German under the title in September 2010.

Publications

• Los amantes dreary. Planeta, Barcelona 2000, ISBN 84-08-03509-6.
• La muerte blanca. 2nd edition. Planeta, Barcelona 2002, ISBN 84-08-04324-2.
• La edad secretaria. Calpa Espasa, Madrid 2004, ISBN 84-670-1413- X.
• El otoño inglés. Algaida, Sevilla 2006, ISBN 978-84-8433-944-1.
• Aunque Seamos Malditas. Suma de Letras, Madrid, ISBN 978-84-8365-086-8. German edition: Even if we are damned: novel. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-455-40281-0. (Translation: Sybille Martin).

Literature and reviews

Daniel Quinn ruled over Even though we are the damned: " One of the most interesting voices in contemporary Spanish literature, is an important book ," El Mundo Eugenia Rico:. » A controversial voice of contemporary Spanish literature." The author José María Merino described him as " a celebration of language," Fernando Marías described him as the best novel by a Spanish author of the 21st century.