Marta Orriols
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Born | Marta Orriols 1975 Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain |
Occupation | writer |
Language | Catalan, Spanish |
Nationality | Spanish |
Genre | novel |
Notable works | Learning to talk to plants (2020) |
Notable awards | Òmnium Prize award for best Catalan Novel (2018) |
Marta Orriols (Sabadell, 1975) is a Catalan writer from Spain.[1] She graduated in History of Art but she decided to continue her training within the field of writing, which had led her to author a collection of short stories Anatomia de les distàncies curtes (2016) and her first novel, Aprendre a parlar amb les plantes (2018). A writer in the literature-of-manners style, her texts portray the complexity of human relations with highly emotionally-charged prose.[2][3]
She studied cinematographic scriptwriting at the Bande à Part film school in Barcelona and creative writing at the Ateneu Barcelonès. She occasionally works as an editorial reader and is a contributor to several digital newspapers and magazines, publishing literary and cultural chronicles. She received the 2018 Òmnium Prize for best Catalan-language novel by Òmnium Cultural, the No Llegiu Prize, and the Illa dels Llibres Prize for Best Novel of 2018.[4] Her novel has been translated to several languages, including English (Learning to talk to plants, published by Pushkin Press)[5] and French.[6] She lives in Barcelona with her two sons.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Marta Orriols Balaguer | Barcelona Metròpolis | Barcelona City Council". Barcelona Metropolis. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ^ "Marta Orriols participa al Festival Internacional d'Autors de Toronto - Actualitat - Institut Ramon Llull – Llengua i cultura catalanes". www.llull.cat. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ^ Geli, Carles (2018-10-07). "Marta Orriols: "Hoy estamos menos entrenados que nunca ante la muerte"". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ^ a b "Fiction - Asymptote". www.asymptotejournal.com. Asymptote Journal. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ^ "Learning to Talk to Plants by Marta Orriols | Pushkin Press | 9781782275770". Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ^ "Apprendre à parler avec les plantes, Marta Orriols, Littérature étrangère - Seuil". www.seuil.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-10-07.