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Jaume Cabré has been awarded the Kulturhuset Stadsteaterns International Literature Prize in Stockholm, Sweden, for his novel Jo Confesso (Jag bekänner) translated by Jens Nordenhök.

The International Literature Prize 2017 rewards a notable literary work in a commendable Swedish translation. The award is shared between writer and translator.

Released in Sweden by Nilsson Forlag in November 2016 and published in...

Novel, LITERATURA RANDOM HOUSE (September 2017)

An intergenerational novel that dissects human relationships and criticizes social inequality and technological dehumanization. 

Two generations, two lives that were not called to meet, will intimidate Google

This novel is the story of Mateo and Olga, as well as a job application with Google as the recipient. Mateo is twenty-two, interested in robots, and obsessed...

The expected film adaptation of the novel La Pell Freda (Cold Skin) by Albert Sánchez Piñol can be seen in cinemas from today, October 20.

The film is directed by the French Xavier Gens and features a cast led by David Oakes, Aura Garrido and Ray Stevenson.

Screenwriters Jesús Olmo and Eron Sheean are in charge of the adaptation of the incredibly successful novel, La Pell Freda, whose translation rights were sold...

NADA, by Carmen Laforet, is a Spanish classic that’s never ceased to fascinate readers since its release just over 70 years ago. Compared to works such as The Catcher in the Rye and Bonjour Tristesse, Nada has been translated into 25 languages to date, and new editions are constantly emerging. It was released in Swedish for the first time in August 2017 (by Bokförlaget Komet), and will soon be published in Taiwan (by...

Novel, PLANETA (September 2017)

It’s 1940. Manuel Puig, eight, and Carmen Acuña, fourteen, meet at the General Villegas cinema and become close friends. When Puig leaves the town they begin to write to each other. They will never stop doing it until the famous writer dies unexpectedly in Cuernavaca, Mexico. As the years go by, Carmencita -as Puig nicknames her- gathers the letters together into his personal journals...

Eduardo Mendoza ha sido galardonado con el VIII Premio José Luis Sampedro, con el que los organizadores del Festival Getafe Negro reconocen a autores que acreditan excelencia y valores humanistas en su trayectoria creadora.

El autor recibirá el galardón el próximo mes de octubre, durante la celebración del Festival Getafe Negro. Antes que él, recibieron el mismo reconocimiento, en las anteriores ediciones del...

“En un mundo erizado de prisiones
Sólo las nubes arden siempre libres.
No tienen amo, no obedecen órdenes,
Inventan formas, las asumen todas.”

(José Emilio Pacheco, Los días que no se nombran)

Jaume Cabré is awarded the 21st Trajectory Prize of 'La Setmana del Llibre en Català'.

The 'Premi Trajectòria' distinguishes professionals linked to the world of Catalan culture who have excelled in its dissemination. Previously it has been granted to authors like Carme Riera, Isabel Clara-Simó, Quim Monzó, Josep Mª Castellet or Josep Mª Espinàs, among others.

With the novel Jo confesso, awarded with the Prix...

Nélida Piñon, Brenda Lozano y Ángeles González-Sinde participan en el Hay Festival Querétaro (del 7 al 10 de septiembre de 2017). El Festival acoge, asimismo, la proyección del documental 'La cláusula Balcells', realizado por Pau Subirós y Neus Ballús.

*Nélida Piñon en conversación con Mónica Maristáin / 16:30 - 17:30. Viernes, 08 de Septiembre 2017. Teatro de la República.

*Bogotá39 2017 III. Carlos Manuel...

La niebla y la doncella, third film adaptation of Lorenzo Silva’s books, reaches the big screen.

The movie –released in Spain the 1st September-  is directed by Andrés Koppel, screenwriter of the films Intacto, Noche de Reyes o Un día sin fin, and features Quim Gutiérrez, Aura Garrido, Roberto Álamo and Mirian Álvarez.

Previous film adaptations of Lorenzo Silva’s works include La flaqueza del bolchevique (The...