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Carmen Laforet
AuthorBooks · Second hand1921-2004
Carmen Laforet was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature and her first novel Nada continued the Spanish tremendismo literary style begun by Camilo José Cela with his novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte. She received the Premio Nadal in 1944.
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About Carmen Laforet
Birth
1921
Death
2004
Carmen Laforet was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature and her first novel Nada continued the Spanish tremendismo literary style begun by Camilo José Cela with his novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte. She received the Premio Nadal in 1944.
Carmen Laforet was born in Barcelona in 1921 and became a key figure in post-war Spanish literature.
Her debut novel, Nada, is her most famous work and a cornerstone of 20th-century fiction.
The author was an essential contributor to the school of Existentialist literature in Spain.
Her writing style is linked to 'tremendismo', a movement that portrays the harshness of reality with great intensity.
In 1944, her talent was celebrated when she was awarded the prestigious Nadal Prize.
