Ana Iris Simón (Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, 2 June 1991) is a Spanish writer, best known for her autobiographical novel Feria.[1]
Ana Iris Simón | |
|---|---|
 Ana Iris Simón | |
| Born | 2 June 1991 Campo de Criptana, Spain |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | King Juan Carlos University |
| Notable works | Feria |
Biography
editSimón was born in Campo de Criptana before moving to Noblejas and growing up in Ontígola after her parents moved there for work.[2] She maintained a connection with Campo de Criptana because her four grandparents lived there.[3]
She studied at Virgen del Rosario in Ontígola, Vicente Aleixandre in Aranjuez, and IES Alpajés before attending King Juan Carlos University to study audiovisual communications and journalism.[4]
After living in Madrid and Ávila, she moved to Aranjuez, where she has two children with her partner, the political scientist Hasel-Paris Álvarez.[5][6]
Professional life
editShe served as editor of Telva and Vice España, where she wrote about politics, social rights, music, and gender, and was a screenwriter for Playz.[7]
In October 2020, she published Feria, which became a bestseller.[1]
On 22 May 2021, she was invited as a speaker at Palace of Moncloa where she delivered a strongly critical speech about the depopulation of rural Spain in front of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, which went viral.[8]
Since September 2021, she has worked as a columnist for El País.[9] In September 2023, she published a children's book titled ¿Y si fuera feria cada día?, illustrated by Coco Dávez.[10]
She has been a critic of liberalism and progressivism, describing them as a part of "forward flight",[11][12] and has opposed Spain's relationship with the European Union.[13]
Works
edit- Feria (2020)
- ¿Y si fuera feria cada día? (2023), illustrated by Coco Dávez
References
edit- ^ a b Hedgecoe, Guy (5 September 2021). "Feria: Rural memoirs stir longing for Spain's past". BBC News. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ Martí, Rafa (25 May 2021). "La aplaudida Ana Iris, la hija de carteros criada en un pueblo de Toledo donde acogía saharauis" [The applauded Ana Iris, the daughter of letter carriers raised in a village in Toledo where she welcomed Sahrawis]. El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Sánchez, María F. (5 January 2021). "Ana Iris Simón: "Me parece peligrosa la patologización de la masculinidad que se hace a veces"" [Ana Iris Simón: "I think the pathologization of masculinity that is sometimes done is dangerous"]. Cuartopoder (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "La biblioteca de Ana Iris Simón" [The library of Ana Iris Simón]. Círculo de Tiza (in Spanish). 17 January 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Sánchez-Mellado, Luz (11 April 2021). "Ana Iris Simón: "Me fui de Madrid porque no era mi sitio. No quiero ser una adolescente de 30 años"" [Ana Iris Simón: "I left Madrid because it wasn't my place. I don't want to be a 30-year-old teenager"]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Aguilar, Andrea (5 August 2021). "La vuelta a casa de Ana Iris Simón" [Ana Iris Simón's return home]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Ródenas, J.A. Masoliver (9 February 2021). "La entrañable originalidad de Ana Iris Simón" [The endearing originality of Ana Iris Simón]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Velasco, Marina (26 May 2021). "De dónde viene el lío con el discurso de Ana Iris Simón y por qué divide a la izquierda" [Where the mess with Ana Iris Simón's speech comes from and why it divides the left]. El HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Ana Iris Simón, nueva columnista de EL PAÍS" [Ana Iris Simón, new columnist for EL PAÍS]. El País (in Spanish). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Simón, Ana Iris; Dávez, Coco (2023). ¿Y si fuera feria cada día? (Primera edicion ed.). Barcelona: Lumen. ISBN 978-84-264-2539-3. OCLC 1418780372.
- ^ Izquierdo Hübner, Juan Ignacio (31 March 2021). "[Columna] «Feria»: El libro cuya crítica al liberalismo se debate con pasión en España" [[Column] "Feria": The book whose criticism of liberalism is passionately debated in Spain]. Cine y Literatura (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Ayuso, Ana; Riaño, Miguel (8 December 2020). ""El progresismo es una huida hacia adelante que nos ha llevado a vendernos"" ["Progressivism is a forward flight that leads us to sell ourselves out"]. El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Minder, Raphael (23 January 2023). "How a Nostalgic Novel About Spain's Heartland Joined the Political Fray". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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