Maruja Torres

Maria Dolors Torres Manzanera known as Maruja Torres (Barcelona, March 16, 1943) is a Spanish writer and journalist.

Her parents were from Murcia and she was born in El Raval neighbourhood. She started as a journalist thanks to Carmen Kurtz when she was 21 years old. She has worked for several publications (La Prensa, Garbo, Fotogramas, Por Favor, El País...) and her opinions about People's Party^[1][2] and Israeli government have been very controversial.

She lives currently in Beirut.

Bibliography

• ¡Oh es él! Viaje fantástico hacia Julio Iglesias (1986)
• Ceguera de amor (1991)
• Amor América: un viaje sentimental por América Latina (1993)
• Como una gota (artículos, 1995)
• La garrapata (cuento perteneciente al libro Barcelona, un día,1998)
• Un calor tan cercano (1998)
• Mujer en guerra. Más másters da la vida (Biográfico, 1999)
• El velo y las lágrimas (cuento perteneciente a Mujeres al alba, 1999)
• Mientras vivimos (2000) XLIX Premio Planeta
• Hombres de lluvia (2004)
• La amante en guerra (2007)
• Esperadme en el cielo (2009)

Prizes

• Premio Víctor de la Serna (1986)
• Premio Francisco Cerecedo (1990)
• Foreign Literature Price, Un calor tan cercano (1998)
• XLIX Premio Planeta, Mientras vivimos (2000)
• Premio Nadal, Esperadme en el cielo (2009)^[3]

References

1. ^ Maruja Torres insults PP voters
2. ^ Libertad Digital: Maruja Torres thinks Esperanza Aguirre "should be anaesthetised" in Leganés Hospital
3. ^ El barrio soñado de Maruja Torres, El País, 7 de enero de 2009.

External links

(Spanish)Biography and works by Maruja Torres (Spanish)Profile and articles by Maruja Torres, El País

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Name	Torres, Maruja
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Date of birth	March 16, 1943
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