, 1974) is a Spanish

Spain

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 writer

Writer

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 and filmmaker. She has published the novel Sueños Itinerantes and she is the Director of Instituto Cervantes

Instituto Cervantes

The Cervantes Institute is a worldwide non-profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes , the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature...

 in Stockholm.

Biography

Writer and filmmaker, she studied Modern Languages at Complutense University of Madrid and at the University of Bonn

University of Bonn

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. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Columbia University

Columbia University

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 and a Master in Film Studies from the same university.

She has worked as a scriptwriter, assistant director, producer and art director in several short films. She has written, directed, produced and composed the original soundtrack for all her short films: Tarde de Homenaje (USA 2002), Buen Viaje (Spain 2008), Uniformadas (Spain 2010) and Time (India 2011). The documentary Jaisalmer (India 2011) is her latest cinematographic work.

Her short film Buen Viaje has received several awards and has been shown in some of the most prestigious film festivals both in Spain and around the world, such as the Malaga Film Festival, the Iberian Film Festival of Badajoz, the Torrelavega Film Festival, Cinesul do Brasil, Festroia-Portugal, San Diego Latino Film Festival, the Bogota Film Festival and the Rochester Film Festival.

In addition to her cinematographic career, she has published various short stories and the novel Sueños Itinerantes (Seix Barral 2004). She is the author of two essay books: The Neopicaresque Novel in the Post-War Era (Michigan University Press, 2004) and Artista y Criminal (Castalia

Castalia

Castalia , in Greek mythology, was a nymph whom Apollo transformed into a fountain at Delphi, at the base of Mount Parnassos, or at Mount Helicon. Castalia could inspire the genius of poetry to those who drank her waters or listened to their quiet sound; the sacred water was also used to clean the...

, 2011). She has also translated into Spanish the book of poems Escena de amor en limusina y compañía (New Model Books, 2002), and the novels La fiera indomable (Martínez Roca, 2007) and Obras Selectas de T.S. Spivet (Seix Barral, 2010).

Currently, she is the Director of Instituto Cervantes

Instituto Cervantes

The Cervantes Institute is a worldwide non-profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes , the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature...

 in Stockholm.

Books

• Escena de amor en limusina y compañía (2002). Translation
• Sueños itinerantes (2004). Novel
• The Neopicaresque Novel in the Post-War Era (2004). Essay
• La fiera indomable (2007). Translation
• Obras Selectas de T.S. Spivet (2010). Translation
• Artista y Criminal (2011). Essay

Films

• Tarde de Homenaje (2002). Director and scriptwriter
• Buen Viaje (2008). Director and scriptwriter
• Uniformadas (2010). Director and scriptwriter
• Time (2010). Director and scriptwriter
• Jaisalmer (2011). Director and scriptwriter