Care Santos facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Care Santos la mejor
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Macarena Santos i Torres
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| Born | 8 April 1970 |
| Language | Catalan, Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Genre | novel |
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Macarena Santos i Torres, known as Care Santos, is a Spanish writer. She was born on April 8, 1970. Care Santos writes books for both young people and adults. She writes in two languages: Catalan and Spanish.
About Care Santos
Care Santos studied law and Spanish language at the University of Barcelona. She started her career as a journalist. She wrote for newspapers like Diari de Barcelona, ABC, and El Mundo.
In 1995, Care Santos published her first book. It was a collection of short stories called Cuentos cítricos. After that, she wrote other books like Trigal con cuervos and Los ojos del lobo.
Awards and Honors
Care Santos has won many important awards for her books.
- In 2007, her book Dissection won the Carmen Conde Women's Poetry Award.
- Her book La muerte de Venus was nominated for the Primavera de Novela Award. This book was also translated into many different languages.
- In 2013, she won the Joaquim Ruyra Award. This award is for the best book for young people. She won it for her work No em preguntis qui sóc.
- On January 20, 2014, Care Santos received the Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull Award. She won this for her book Desig de xocolata.
- In 2017, she was awarded the Premio Nadal.
Selected Books
Here are some of the books Care Santos has written:
- El tango del perdedor (1997)
- Trigal con cuervos (1999)
- Aprender a huir (2000)
- La muerte de Kurt Cobain (1997)
- Okupada (1997)
- Te diré quién eres (1997)
- La ruta del huracán (1999)
- Krysis (2001)
- Operación Virgo (2002)
- Laluna.com (2003)
- Los ojos del lobo (2004)
- El circuito de Montecarlo (2005)
- El anillo de Irina (2005)
- El dueño de las sombras (2006)
- La muerte de Venus (2007)
- Habitaciones cerradas (2012) ISBN: 9788408003816,
Books in English
Some of Care Santos's books have been translated into English:
- Desire for chocolate, translated by Julie Wark, 2016. ISBN: 9781846883941,
- Dissection, translated by Lawrence Schimel, 2014. ISBN: 9781938334122,
See also
In Spanish: Care Santos para niños
