Aixa de la Cruz | |
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Born | Aixa de la Cruz 1988 Bilbao |
Aixa de la Cruz (born Bilbao, 1988) is a Spanish writer of Basque origin. She is the author of the novels Cuando fuimos los mejores and De música ligera, [1] both of which were shortlisted for the Premio Euskadi de Literatura. Cruz has also published a book of short stories titled Modelos Animales (Animal Models, 2015) [2] and contributed to various fiction anthologies, including Última temporada (Lengua de Trapo, 2013), Bajo treinta (Salto de página, 2013) and Best European Fiction 2015 ( Dalkey Archive, 2014), which reprinted her story "True Milk." [3]
While still in school Cruz began writing articles and short stories, resulting in her being given a grant in 2006 from the Antonio Gala Foundation. [4] [5] She currently lives in Spain and is a teacher at the Writers' School in Madrid. [6]
Cruz's play I Don't Like Mondays was a finalist of the Margarita Xirgú and Madrid Sur contests and released in Mexico in 2012. [7] The 2017 play "Animal Models," about an actress who reinterprets herself, is based on her short story of the same title. [8] The story follows the daily lives of a young playwright in Canada who's pampered by the main actress the playwright writes for. [9]
Cruz's writing has been described as walking the border between reason and sanity, the familiar and the strange. [10]
Her last novel is "La línea del frente" (2017). [11]
Cruz's first two novels Cuando fuimos los mejores (Almuzara, 2007) and De música ligera (451 Editores, 2009). [12] were shortlisted for the Premio Euskadi de Literatura.
In 2013 she was selected by the Spanish magazine El Cultural as one of twelve writers under 40 worth watching. [13] In 2014 Cruz won the Cosecha Eñe, the annual prize for short stories from Eñe Magazine. [14] [15]
Aixa de la Cruz | |
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Born | Aixa de la Cruz 1988 Bilbao |
Aixa de la Cruz (born Bilbao, 1988) is a Spanish writer of Basque origin. She is the author of the novels Cuando fuimos los mejores and De música ligera, [1] both of which were shortlisted for the Premio Euskadi de Literatura. Cruz has also published a book of short stories titled Modelos Animales (Animal Models, 2015) [2] and contributed to various fiction anthologies, including Última temporada (Lengua de Trapo, 2013), Bajo treinta (Salto de página, 2013) and Best European Fiction 2015 ( Dalkey Archive, 2014), which reprinted her story "True Milk." [3]
While still in school Cruz began writing articles and short stories, resulting in her being given a grant in 2006 from the Antonio Gala Foundation. [4] [5] She currently lives in Spain and is a teacher at the Writers' School in Madrid. [6]
Cruz's play I Don't Like Mondays was a finalist of the Margarita Xirgú and Madrid Sur contests and released in Mexico in 2012. [7] The 2017 play "Animal Models," about an actress who reinterprets herself, is based on her short story of the same title. [8] The story follows the daily lives of a young playwright in Canada who's pampered by the main actress the playwright writes for. [9]
Cruz's writing has been described as walking the border between reason and sanity, the familiar and the strange. [10]
Her last novel is "La línea del frente" (2017). [11]
Cruz's first two novels Cuando fuimos los mejores (Almuzara, 2007) and De música ligera (451 Editores, 2009). [12] were shortlisted for the Premio Euskadi de Literatura.
In 2013 she was selected by the Spanish magazine El Cultural as one of twelve writers under 40 worth watching. [13] In 2014 Cruz won the Cosecha Eñe, the annual prize for short stories from Eñe Magazine. [14] [15]