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Gabriela Bustelo
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Bustelo at Altea, summer of 2014
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| Born | May 18, 1962 Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Writer, Journalist. |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Period | 1996-present |
| Genre | Dirty realism, Science fiction, Postmodern literature, Roman-a-clef |
| Literary movement | Generation X (Spain) |
Gabriela Bustelo (born in Madrid, Spain, in 1962) is a talented Spanish author, journalist, and translator. She is known for her unique writing style and her work in different literary genres.
About Gabriela Bustelo
Gabriela Bustelo is part of a group of Spanish writers from the 1990s. These writers were known for a style called neorealism. This means their stories often felt very real and focused on everyday life.
Her first novel, Veo Veo, came out in 1996. This book helped place her in a literary group known as Generation X. Writers in this group often used ideas from popular culture, like advertising, pop music, film, and television, in their stories. Gabriela Bustelo shares this sharp style with other writers like José Ángel Mañas and Ray Loriga.
Her Books and Themes
Gabriela Bustelo is one of the few Spanish women who have written science fiction. Her second novel, Planeta Hembra (2001), is set in New York. It is a dystopia, which means it shows a future society where things have gone wrong. The book explored challenges between different groups of people. It looked at ideas of fairness and equality in society.
Her book La historia de siempre jamás (2007) explores the world of European political leaders. It looks at the choices they make and the challenges of leadership.
Her Work as a Journalist
Besides writing novels, Gabriela Bustelo has also worked as a journalist. Since 1996, she has written articles about art and culture for magazines like Vogue and Gala (magazine). For fifteen years, she also wrote about politics for national newspapers. From 2005 to 2015, she contributed cultural articles to the Colombian magazine "Arcadia."
Translations
Gabriela Bustelo has also translated many books into Spanish. She has worked on classic stories by famous authors such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, and Mark Twain. She has also translated books by modern writers like Raymond Chandler, Muriel Spark, and Margaret Atwood.
See also
- Spanish Literature
- Science-fiction
- Translation
- Dystopia
- Neorealism (art)
