Care Santos
Macarena Santos i Torres (born 8 April 1970) is a Spanish writer who writes under the name "Care Santos". She writes in both Catalan and Spanish languages, for both young and adult readers.
Care Santos

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- Name
- Care Santos
- Born
- 8 April 1970
- Education
- University of Barcelona
- Awards
- * Carmen Conde Award (2007)
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- writer · literary critic · journalist
- Fields
- literature · children's and young adult literature · literary criticism
- Honours
- Ramon Llull Novel Award · Premio Planeta de Novela · Premio El Barco de Vapor · Carmen Conde Award · Edebé Award of Children's and Youth Literature · Gran Angular Award
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish
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Macarena Santos i Torres (born 8 April 1970) is a Spanish writer who writes under the name "Care Santos". She writes in both Catalan and Spanish languages, for both young and adult readers.
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Biography
Biography
Care Santos studied at University of Barcelona. The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. The field of work recorded is literature, children's and young adult literature and literary criticism. Distinctions recorded are Ramon Llull Novel Award, Premio Planeta de Novela, Premio El Barco de Vapor and Carmen Conde Award.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Care Santos • Native Name — Macarena Santos i Torres • Born — 8 April 1970 • Language — Catalan, Spanish • Education — University of Barcelona • Genre — novel • Awards — * Carmen Conde Award (2007) • Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull Award (2014)
Biography
Biography
Care Santos studied law and Spanish in france philology at the University of Barcelona. She started her career as a journalist at Diari de Barcelona and later worked for the papers ABC and El Mundo. In 1995, Santos was recognized for her first book, a collection of novels with the title Cuentos cítricos. Her next books were Trigal con cuervos and Los ojos del lobo. She has written for magazines such as Mirlo. She has performed literary criticism for El Cultural. She founded the blog La tormenta en un vaso.
Selected works
Selected works
• El tango del perdedor (1997) • Trigal con cuervos (1999) • Aprender a huir (2000) • La muerte de Kurt Cobain (1997) • Okupada (1997) • Te diré quién eres (1997) • La ruta del huracán (1999) • Krysis (2001) • Operación Virgo (2002) • Laluna.com (2003) • Los ojos del lobo (2004) • El circuito de Montecarlo (2005) • El anillo de Irina (2005) • El dueño de las sombras (2006) • La muerte de Venus (2007) • Habitaciones cerradas (2012),
Works in English
Works in English
• Desire for chocolate, translator Julie Wark, Richmond, Surrey Alma Books, 2016., • Dissection, translator Lawrence Schimel, New York: A Midsummer Nights Press, 2014.,
Identity
Identity
Care Santos is recorded as having received Ramon Llull Novel Award, Premio Planeta de Novela and Premio El Barco de Vapor. Recognition and collections. Santos received Ramon Llull Novel Award, Premio Planeta de Novela, Premio El Barco de Vapor, Carmen Conde Award, Edebé Award of Children's and Youth Literature and Gran Angular Award.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1970
Care Santos born at Mataró.
Awards and honors
• In 2007, her book Dissection received the Carmen Conde Women's Poetry Award, • She was nominated for a Primavera de Novela Award for La muerte de Venus. The latter book was translated into several languages. • In 2013, she won the Joaquim Ruyra Award for best youth book for her work No em preguntis qui. sóc. • On 20 January 2014, Care Santos was awarded the Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull Award for the book Desig de xocolata, which was released on 6 March 2014. • In 2017, she was awarded the Premio Nadal.
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