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Nuria Amat
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Amat at the Göteborg Book Fair 2014
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| Born | 1950 (age 74–75) Barcelona, Spain |
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| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona (PhD) |
| Notable awards | Ramon Llull Novel Award 2011 Amor i guerra |
Nuria Amat Noguera, also known as Núria Amat i Noguera in Catalan, was born in 1950. She is a Spanish writer and librarian. She writes in both Spanish and Catalan. In 2011, she won the important Ramon Llull Novel Award.
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About Nuria Amat
Nuria Amat was born in 1950 in the city of Barcelona, Spain. She went to the Autonomous University of Barcelona. There, she earned a degree in Spanish studies. She also completed a special degree called a doctorate in information science. This field is all about how information is organized and used.
Her Work as a Writer
Early Career and First Books
Before becoming a full-time writer, Nuria Amat worked as a librarian. She also taught library science at the University of Barcelona. Her first published book was a collection of poems called Pan de boda (1979). After that, she started writing essays, short stories, and novels in Spanish.
Writing Style and Famous Books
Nuria Amat's books often explore the ideas of reading and writing. One of her well-known novels is Todos somos Kafka. This book makes readers think about other famous books and how stories are built. A famous writer named Carlos Fuentes called it "magnificent."
In 2002, Amat won the Premio Ciudad de Barcelona award for her novel Reina de América. This story is about a Spanish woman writer living in a country during a time of conflict. Nuria Amat's books have been translated into many languages around the world. These include Arabic, English, French, Italian, and more.
Writing in Catalan
Besides writing in Spanish, Nuria Amat also writes in Catalan. She wrote a play called Pat's Room in 1997. She also wrote a novel in Catalan called Amor i guerra. This book is about the assassination of Leon Trotsky. This novel won her the Ramon Llull Novel Award in 2011. She first wrote notes for the book in both Catalan and Spanish. But she decided to write the whole book in Catalan first, and then created a Spanish version later.
Nuria Amat's Books
Fiction Books
- Narciso y Armonía, 1982
- El ladrón de libros, 1988
- Amor Breve, 1990
- Monstruos, 1991
- Todos somos Kafka, 1993
- Viajar es muy difícil, 1995
- La intimidad, 1997
- El país del alma, 1999
- El siglo de las mujeres, 2000
- Reina de América, 2001; An English version, Queen ..., was translated by Peter Bush in 2005.
- Deja que la vida llueva sobre mí, 2007
- Amor i guerra, 2011 (in Catalan)
- Amor y Guerra, 2012 (in Spanish)
- El sanatorio, 2016
Poetry Books
- Pan de boda, 1979
- Amor infiel, 2004
- Poemas impuros, 2008
Other Works
- Pat's Room, 1997 – a play for the theater
- Memorias de una mujer libre, 2022 – her autobiography, which tells her life story.
Images for kids
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A robot for kids.
See also
In Spanish: Nuria Amat para niños
