Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor (Alcoy, Spain

Alcoy, Spain

Alcoy or Alcoi is a city and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoi. The local authority reported 61,417 residents in 2010, of whom 5,334 were of non-Spanish origin.-History:...

, 1943) is a Valencian

Valencian Community

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 journalist and writer.

She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language

Catalan language

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. She has been awarded several prizes, including the Premi Sant Jordi in 1993. As a journalist, she was the director of Canigó magazine and has a daily column in the newspaper Avui

Avui

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. She was a delegate of the Culture Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya

Generalitat de Catalunya

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Selected works

• Júlia (1983)
• D'Alcoi a Nova York (1987)
• La veïna (1990)
• La Nati (1991)
• Raquel
  Raquel
  Raquel is a Portuguese or Spanish variation of the name Rachel.Raquel could refer to:Individuals:*Raquel Carriedo-Tomas , Spanish golfer*Raquel Chalfi, Israeli poet*Raquel Guerra , Portuguese singer and actress...
  
  (1992)
• Històries perverses (1992)
• La Salvatge (1994)
• Dones (1997)
• El gust amarg de la cervesa (1999)
• T'imagines la vida sense ell? (2000)
• Carta al meu nét. Sobre el nacionalisme (2000)
• La Nati (2001)
• Estimats homes (una caricatura) (2001)
• L'home que volava en el trapezi (2002)
• En legítima defensa (2003)
• Angelets (2004)
• Adeu-Suau (2006)
• El caníbal (2007)