Pincanya, Valencia, 1969
Carmen Amoraga (Picanya, Valencia, 1969) holds a degree in Information Sciences and has worked in both radio and television. She has been a columnist for various media outlets, including Levante-EMV, Cadena Ser, Cartelera Turia, Mujer Hoy, and Harper’s Bazaar España. She served as a media relations advisor at the University of Valencia and was Director General of Culture and Heritage for the Valencian Regional Government for two terms (2015–2023).
She is the author of Para que nada se pierda (1997, 2nd Ateneo Joven de Sevilla Novel Prize), La larga noche (2003, Valencian Critics’ Prize), Algo tan parecido al amor (finalist for the Nadal Prize 2007), El tiempo mientras tanto (finalist for the Planeta Prize 2010), El rayo dormido (Destino, 2012), and La vida era eso (winner of the Nadal Prize 2014), among others. In 2023, she published El corazón imprudente with Espasa, followed by La memoria infiel in 2024.
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This book brings order to chaos with a chronological narrative of every minute of that Tuesday — as well as the days leading up to it and the eight months that followed
Read moreFrom the heart of the tragedy, a harrowing, illuminating, and necessary account.
What happened on October 29, 2024, in Valencia?
This book brings order to chaos with a chronological narrative of every minute of that Tuesday — as well as the days leading up to it and the eight months that followed. Told from the very scene of the events, Carmen Amoraga and Maxi Roldán, both witnesses and victims of the catastrophe, offer a detailed and rigorous account of how the day unfolded and how the tragedy gradually came to light.
Personal and anonymous stories are interwoven with a chronicle of the Valencian institutions’ ineffectiveness, while also celebrating the volunteers and anonymous heroes — now named, each with their own story and personal tragedy.
Prizes
- 1997 – Ateneo Joven de Sevilla Novel Prize for Para que nada se pierda
2003 – Valencian Critics' Prize for La larga noche
- 2007 – Finalist for the Nadal Prize for Algo tan parecido al amor
- 2010 – Finalist for the Planeta Prize for El tiempo mientras tanto