Laura Freixas (born 1958) is a Spanish novelist, short story writer, and newspaper columnist.
Laura Freixas | |
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 Laura Freixas en Medialab Prado in Madrid, october 2017 | |
| Born | Laura Freixas Revuelta 1958 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, novelist, essayist, literary critic, translator, journalist, art critic |
| Website | www |
Biography
editFreixas was born in Barcelona in 1958.[1] Laura Freixas is the granddaughter of Freixas Miquel.[2][3] Freixas studied at the French School in her home city of Barcelona.[1] She got a BA degree in Law in 1980 from the University of Barcelona.[1] She has been active as a writer since 1988.[1] Freixas' work also includes scholarship and promotion of women writers.[1][4]
She has also worked in international universities as a publisher, a Spanish language assistant, and a translator.[1] At present she teaches literature workshops for different institutions.[1] She writes as a columnist for the newspaper La Vanguardia and does literary reviews for its supplement Cultura/s.[1] She is a contributor to literary magazines such as Mercurio, Letras libres, El País, and Revista de Libros.[1]
She has been a lecturer or a writer in residence at many Spanish and foreign universities and taught creative writing at the University of Virginia (UVA).[1] She is a member of the European Cultural Parliament[5] and the chair of the association Clásicas y Modernas for gender equality in Spanish culture from 2009 to 2017.[1]
Freixas has campaigned against trans-inclusive laws in Spain as she views it as a regression for Spanish gender equality.[6][7]
Literary work
editNovels
edit- The Last Sunday in London (1997)
- Just Between Friends (1998)
- Love or Whatever It Is (2005)
Short story collections
edit- The Wrist Murderer (1988)
- Tales at the Age of Forty (2001)
Compilations
edit- Mothers and Daughters (1996) – Freixas also wrote the prologue
- Women Friends (2009)
Non-fiction works
edit- Women and Literature (2000)
- La novela femenil y sus lectrices (2009)
Autobiography
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Biography". Laura Freixas Website. Archived from the original on 1 June 2005. Retrieved 2021-07-27. [self-published source]
- ^ Minder, Raphael (2017). The struggle for Catalonia : rebel politics in Spain. London. pp. 64–65, 91. ISBN 978-1-84904-803-3. OCLC 1004748502.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Freixas, Laura (2014-01-09). "Una generación de catalanes". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ Henseler, Christine (2003). Contemporary Spanish women's narrative and the publishing industry. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. pp. 2, 11, 20, 125. ISBN 0-252-02831-7. OCLC 50638487.
- ^ "Laura Freixas | European Cultural Parliament – ECP". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Paradojas trans, por Laura Freixas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Laura Freixas: "Me da mucho más miedo la Ley Trans que Vox"". El Español (in Spanish). 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
External links
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- Official website Freixas' official site is available in Spanish and English
- Laura Freixas's documentary and interview in Tesis program [dead link] Archived
- Official Site of Association Clásicas y Modernas for gender equality in Spanish culture Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine