Spanish Catalan philologist and writer (born 1954)
In this
Catalan name, the first or paternal
surname is Pradas and the second or maternal family name is Andreu; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Núria Pradas
Núria Pradas (2023)
Born
Núria Pradas i Andreu 1 September 1954 Barcelona, Spain
Núria Pradas i Andreu (born 1 September 1954) is a Spanish
Catalanphilologist and writer. She began her literary career in the field of
children's and youth literature. She is the author of an extensive literary production in this field as well as in
adult fiction.[1]
Biography
Núria Pradas i Andreu was born in
Barcelona, 1 September 1954,[2] in neighborhood of
El Poblenou.[3] Her love of reading led her to study
Catalan Philology at the
University of Barcelona, graduating in 1980. Immediately, she began working there as a Catalan Language and Literature teacher. It was in
Sant Feliu de Llobregat, where she lived for a long time, that her career began in
amateur theatre, specifically in the
Enric Borràs [
ca] company, which served as an experience for her to later direct youth theater groups and also to write her own plays. She also collaborated with Borràs in the theater group L'Ull de Bou of
Sant Esteve Sesrovires.[4]
From theater, she moved on to narrative and in 1995, she published her first book, Sol d'hivern, with which she began her career in children's and youth literature. In 2012, she was awarded the
Premi Carlemany [
es] for Sota el mateix cel.[5] In 2014, she published her first novel for adults, La Noia de la Biblioteca, which was followed by Somnis a mida (2016), translated into more than ten languages, and L'aroma del temps (2018).[6]
In 2020, she won the
Ramon Llull Novel Award with Tota una vida per recuerdo,[7] a novel set in the U.S. during the 1930s, focused on the world of
cartoons. Among her latest youth novels, can be noted, Ella (2020) and El cant del cigne (2022), while her latest novel for an adult audience is La vida secreta de Sylvia Nolan (Ed. Fate, 2022).
Awards and honours
Premio Ferran Canyameres for Parella de Dames (1996)[8][3]
Premio Carmesina for La Princesa Pomèlia (1998)[3]
Premio Ciutat d'Olot for A carn, a carn! (2002)[3]