Nuria Barrios Explained

Nuria Barrios, born in Madrid, is a writer and translator. She has a PhD in Philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid and a Master's degree in Journalism from the El País-Autonomous University of Madrid School of Journalism. She has translated into Spanish the Irish novelist John Banville, as well as his heteronym Benjamin Black, James Joyce and the American writer Amanda Gorman. She teaches classes for the Literary Creation Master’s program at the International University of Valencia and directs a workshop on myths and literature at the Clara Obligado School of Creative Writing. She is a columnist for the newspaper El País.[1]

Biography

She is author of the essay La impostora (Cuaderno de traducción de una escritora),[2] which won the Málaga Essay Prize; of the novels Todo arde[3] and El alfabeto de los pájaros;[4] of the short story collections Amores patológicos,[5] Ocho centímetros,[6] El zoo sentimental[7] and Balearia;[8] and of the poetry books La luz de la dinamo,[9] winner of the Machado Brothers Ibero-American Poetry Prize; Nostalgia de Odiseo[10] and El hilo de agua,[11] winner of the Ateneo of Sevilla Prize.

As a short story writer she is featured in numerous anthologies, including: Páginas amarillas, Vidas de mujer, Cuentos de mujeres solas, Pequeñas resistencias, Tu nombre flotando en el adiós, Comedias de Shakespeare, Cuentos breves de ir y venir, Hombres (y algunas mujeres) and Tsunami, miradas feministas.

She has translated John Banville/Benjamin Black, James Joyce and Amanda Gorman and has been a guest author at the Ledig House writers' residence (New York), the Fondazione Santa Maddalena (Florence), the Toji Cultural Centre (South Korea) and the Fundación Valparaíso (Mojácar).

Additionally, she has been translated into Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Croatian and Esperanto. She contributes regularly to Babelia, the literary supplement of El País.

Works

Prose

Poetry

Essays

Anthologies

Translations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barrios . Nuria . 2024-05-18 . El silencio de las mujeres . 2024-09-17 . El País . es.
  2. Web site: Hernando . Silvia . 2022-03-12 . ‘La impostora’: Retos y dilemas de una escritora metida a traductora . 2024-09-17 . El País . es.
  3. Web site: 2020-05-08 . Descenso al infierno de la droga . 2024-09-17 . Diario ABC . es.
  4. Lozano . Catherine Bourland . Lozano . Lizzeth Cepeda . 2021-06-18 . LA ADOPCIÓN CHINA EN EL ALFABETO DE LOS PÁJAROS DE NURIA BARRIOS . ConSecuencias . en . 2 . 1 . 10.6017/cs.v2i1.13585 . 2641-5364. free .
  5. Web site: Peregrina . Juan . 2024-05-13 . "Amores patológicos", de Nuria Barrios . 2024-09-17 . Kopek . es.
  6. News: Ayala-Dip . J. Ernesto . 2015-04-22 . La pena convertida en arte narrativo . 2024-09-17 . El País . es . 1134-6582.
  7. News: 2000-03-24 . Nuria Barrios exalta las pasiones urbanas en 'El zoo sentimental' Manuel Vicent afirma que la autora "empieza a tener voz propia" . 2024-09-17 . El País . es . 1134-6582.
  8. Book: lecturalia.com . Balearia - Nuria Barrios . es.
  9. Web site: Ortiz . Braulio . 2017-05-26 . Cancionero de las tres edades . 2024-09-17 . Diario de Sevilla . es.
  10. Web site: Ortiz . Braulio . 2012-04-30 . Nuria Barrios recrea la espera de Penélope en 'Nostalgia de Odiseo' . 2024-09-17 . Granada Hoy . es.
  11. News: Belausteguigoitia . Santiago . 2004-01-13 . Nuria Barrios gana el Ateneo de Sevilla de Poesía con 'El hilo de agua' . 2024-09-17 . El País . es . 1134-6582.

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