Website of writer Núria Añó

CATALÀ Els nens de l'Elisa, L'escriptora morta, Núvols baixos, La mirada del fill

ESPAÑOL La escritora muerta, Nubes bajas, La mirada del hijo, El salón de los artistas exiliados en California, Los niños de Elisa

FRANÇAIS L'écrivaine morte, Le regard du fils, Nuages bas, Le salon des artistes exilés en Californie, Les garçons d'Elisa

SVENSKA Exilkonstnärernas salong i Kalifornien

PORTUGUÊS O Olhar do Filho, A Escritora Morta, Nuvens baixas, O Salão dos Artistas Exilados na Califórnia, Os Meninos de Elisa

NEDERLANDS De dode schrijfster, De blik van de zoon, De salon van artiesten in ballingschap in Californië

ENGLISH The Dead Writer, Lowering Clouds, The Salon of Exiled Artists in California

DEUTSCH Der Blick des Sohnes, Tiefe Wolken, Die Tote Schriftstellerin, Der Salon der Exilkünstler in Kalifornien

ITALIANO La scrittrice morta, Nuvole basse, Lo sguardo del figlio, Il salone degli artisti esiliati in California

ELLINIKA To vlemma tou yiou, I nekri singrapheas, To salóni ton exóriston kallitechnón stin Kalifórnia, Hamila sinefa, Ta paidia tis Elisas

THE DEAD WRITER, Núria Añó. Translated by Debbie Garrick

Anna, a middle-aged writer has brought up her daughter, Berta all alone. Berta has a single photo of her dad, that's all she's ever known of him, but now she's grown up it doesn't seem enough. She has a boyfriend called Hans, and as their relationship reaches crisis point, her need to connect with her father grows stronger. Hans works in a factory and has a sister named Clara. Clara is lonely, misunderstood, and has a bit of an obsession with this guy who rides a motorbike.

All these lives intertwine, but within them emerges the story of Anna Flieder, a woman who decides to write a novel based on her life. Her inspiration? The shadow of the man she abandoned all those years ago…

"The novel shows the creation process of a piece of literature […] It is aimed at those who like to read, people who can delve into their imagination and be absorbed in a tale, because many of the themes in the story are merely hinted at."-La Mañana

"This book tells the story of Anna, a writer, the world around her and the people who live in it. Anna lives her literary life as if it is real, experiencing a kind of schizophrenia as the characters in her books collide with her life in their desire to see the light. The original was published in Spain in 2008."-Debbie Garrick, Translator

"The Dead Writer is, in essence, an invitation to all those who enjoy the way that literature reflects itself within a story. But it also represents the opportunity to follow other characters with feelings in situations that inevitably provoke recognition. […] A delightful literary text, notable for its metaphorical language and images that are capable of depicting daily scenes containing a multitude of possibilities that often hidden in real life."-Dr Alexandra Santos Pinheiro, Resonancias Literarias, no. 153

"The Dead Writer is a novel not only demonstrates the author's skill but also how she manipulates language, every writer's essential tool. […] This novel is also an insightful literary artefact, written to satisfy and entertain the modern reader."-Letralia

"The author, Núria Añó, masterfully weaves a tale that delves deep into an exploration of the modern individual."-Noury Bakrim, Translator

The Novel, The Dead Writer, is about the literary creation process. It describes how writing tears apart its protagonist, Anna, a writer trying to write her first autobiographical novel. Its mood is sober and poetic as Anna sinks deeper into her repressed memories. The Dead Writer is a vibrant, intelligent novel showcasing Núria Añó's incredible observation skills, driving the reader to seek their own answers."-Sarah Raabe, Translator

CATALÀ (L'ESCRIPTORA MORTA) Omicron, 2008 ISBN: 9788496496651 (Rústica); ISBN 2020: 9781005596866 (eBook)

ESPAÑOL (LA ESCRITORA MUERTA) 2018 ISBN: 9781981078950 (Tapa blanda); 2020 ISBN: 9780463101407 (eBook); 9781664972032 (Audiolibro); ISBN 2021: 9798745284298 (Tapa dura)

ITALIANO (LA SCRITTRICE MORTA) 2018 ISBN: 9781547542710 (eBook); 9781547548248 (Paperback)

PORTUGUÊS (A ESCRITORA MORTA) 2018 ISBN: 9781547549801 (eBook); 9781547553389 (Paperback)

FRANÇAIS (L'ÉCRIVAINE MORTE) 2018 ISBN: 9781547559886 (eBook); 9781547560745 (Paperback)

NEDERLANDS (DE DODE SCHRIJFSTER) 2019 ISBN: 9781547580194 (eBook); 9781547583072 (Paperback)

DEUTSCH (DIE TOTE SCHRIFTSTELLERIN) 2019 ISBN: 9781071521731 (eBook); 9781071524190 (Paperback)

GREEK (I NEKRI SINGRAPHEAS) 2020 ISBN: 9781071526521 (eBook); 9781071530443 (Paperback)

ENGLISH (THE DEAD WRITER) 2020 ISBN: 9781071533307 (eBook)

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The Dead Writer

Núria Añó is a Catalan/Spanish writer, translator and speaker at international conferences, where she usually talks about literary creation, the cinema, cities or authors like Elfriede Jelinek, Patricia Highsmith, Salka Viertel, Alexandre Dumas fils, Franz Werfel or Karen Blixen. She has shown her work at the following universities and institutions: University of Lleida (UdL), Tunis University, University of Jaén (UJA), International University of Andalucia (UNIA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC-Madrid), The Sysmän Kirjasto Library in Finland, The Shanghai Writers’ Association (SWA), Fudan University in China, The East China Normal University, Sinan Mansion, The Instituto Cervantes in Shanghai, the Conrad Festival in Poland, the Massolit Bookshop, Bar Bazza and the Instituto Cervantes in Krakow along with other libraries and secondary or higher education establishments. She is also a member of various juries at international competitions. Some of her works—including novels, short stories and essays—have been published and translated into Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, Polish, Chinese, Latvian, Portuguese, Dutch and Greek.

Her first published novel Els nens de l’Elisa (Omicron, 2006) was awarded third prize in the 24th Ramon Llull Novel Award, one of the most prestigious awards for Catalan literature, awarded by Editorial Planeta. L’escriptora morta ([The Dead Writer, 2020] Omicron) was published in 2008; Núvols baixos ([Lowering Clouds, 2020] Omicron) in 2009; La mirada del fill (Abadia) in 2012; El salón de los artistas exiliados en California ([The Salon of Exiled Artists in California], 2020), a biography on Jewish screenwriter Salka Viertel.

Her writing centres around the characters’ psychology, often through the use of anti-heroes. The characters are what stands out most about her work; they are more relevant than the topic itself. With an introspection, a reflection, not sentimental, but feminine, she finds a unique balance between the marginal worlds of parallels. Her novels are open to a wide variety of topics, they deal with important social and current themes like injustice or lack of communication between individuals. The basic plot of her novels does not tell you everything there is to know. By using this method, Añó attempts to involve the reader so that they ask their own questions to discover the deeper meaning of the content.

Núria won the 18th Joan Fuster Prize for Fiction Ciutat d’Almenara, fourth place for international writing at the 2018 Shanghai get-Together and has been awarded with prestigious international grants: NVL (Finland, 2016), SWP (China, 2016), BCWT (Sweden, 2017), IWTCR (Greece, 2017), UNESCO City of Literature (Poland, 2018), IWTH (Latvia, 2019) and IWP (China, 2020). For a more detailed background of the author, visit her webpage www.nuriaanyo.com/en-lectur.html.