Marisol Ortiz de Zárate explained

Marisol Ortiz de Zárate (born 1960) is a Spanish writer specializing in children's literature.

Career

Marisol Ortiz de Zárate's first book was Los enigmas de Leonardo, a historical young adult novel. With its publication, she began to give talks at schools about reading and as a storyteller.^[1] She received her first award in the Antonia Cerrato Short Story and Poetry Contest organized by the Association of Friends of Santa Amalia (Badajoz), with a story entitled "Los curas llevan pantalones bajo la sotana". The novel La canción de Shao Li, which won a 2010 Latino Book Award,^[2] made her well-known as a writer specializing in children's literature. This adventure book, as well as the rest of her novels, are recommended reading in many (IES).^[3] In 2014 she published her first novel for adults, Una historia Perdida, which won the Felipe Trigo Novel Award.^[4]

Ortiz is a founding member of Krelia.a, the Association of Literary Creators of Álava, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where she lives. She divides her time between writing and teaching at the City Council's creative writing workshops.^[5]

Works

Novels

• Los enigmas de Leonardo, Bruño, 2002,
• La cruz bajo la lengua, Arte-Activo, 2007,
• La canción de Shao Li, Bambú, 2009,
• Cantan los gallos, Bambú, 2011,
• Una historia perdida, Algaida, 2014,
• Rebelión en Verne, Bambú, 2015,
• Las lágrimas de la matrioska, Bambú, 2015,, illustrations by Marina Suárez Ortiz de Zárate
• La fabuladora, Bambú, 2018,

Short stories

• "Los curas llevan pantalones bajo la sotana" (published in Papeles de Zabalanda, 2009)
• "Un día cualquiera"
• "Cuesta arriba" (published in El amor, los espejos, el tiempo, el camino, A-A Ediciones, 2012)
• "Refugio de piedra"
• "Descubriendo Berlín" (published in El Correo, section Territorios)
• "La noche más larga" (published in El Correo, section Territorios)
• "El confidente precioso" (published in El Correo, section Territorios)
• "El niño pez" (published in El Correo, section Territorios)
• "Por las montañas heladas" (published in Inquietos Vascones, Desnivel, 2013)
• "Campo fronterizo" (published in Un refugio, treinta escritores ante un campamento de refugiados de guerra, Fundación de Estudios Jurídicos y Sociales, 2014)
• "Pasaje a la vida" (published in Un país Extranjero, Agapein, 2016)
• "Calzada de colores" (published in El Correo)

Awards

• Antonia Cerrato Award, 2006^[6]
• Víctor Chamorro Award, 2006^[4]
• Encuentro de dos Mundos Award, 2009, Ferney-Voltaire (France)^[4]
• Latino Book Award for best young adult fiction, 2010, New York, for La canción de Shao Li^[2]
• Finalist at the Hache Awards, Cartagena, for La canción de Shao Li, 2010
• 32nd Felipe Trigo Literary Award in the Novel category for Una historia perdida, 2012^[4]
• Finalist for the 2012 Euskadi Award for children's narrative for Cantan los gallos
• María Giralt Award, 2014^[7]

External links

• • Krelia.a

Notes and References

1. News: ¿De qué manera surge el personaje de un libro? . In What Way Does the Character of a Book Emerge? . . Spanish . 27 February 2018 . 29 May 2019.
2. Web site: 12th Annual International Latino Book Awards Winners Announced . Latino Literacy Now . 29 May 2019.
3. Web site: La canción de Shao Li . Bitácora de los de 2º de Bachillerato . Spanish . 14 November 2010 . 29 May 2019.
4. News: El Felipe Trigo más femenino . The Most Feminine Felipe Trigo . Fran . Horrillo . . Villanueva de la Serena . Spanish . 16 December 2012 . 29 May 2019.
5. Web site: Marisol Ortíz de Zárate: 'Nadie se espera un premio aunque creas en tu novela. La competencia es feroz y el criterio del jurado, desconocido' . Marisol Ortíz de Zárate: 'Nobody Expects an Award Even if You Believe in Your Novel. The Competition is Fierce and the Jury's Criteria Unknown' . Asociación de Escritores de Euskadi . Spanish . 16 December 2012 . 29 May 2019.
6. Web site: Acto de la entrega de premios del II certamen literario 'Antonia Cerrato' . Act of the Presentation of Awards of the 2nd 'Antonia Cerrato' Literary Contest . Amigos de Santa Amalia . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20110903124535/http://www.amigosdesantaamalia.es/certamen_2006.html . 3 September 2011 . dead . 29 May 2019 .
7. News: Marisol Ortiz de Zárate, ganadora del Certamen de Relato Corto de Valdemorillo . Marisol Ortiz de Zárate, Winner of the Valdemorillo Short Story Contest . El Faro del Guadarrama . Spanish . 22 October 2014 . 29 May 2019.