Soledad Puértolas
Soledad Puértolas Villanueva was born on 3 February 1947 in Saragossa, Spain, and has established herself as one of Spain's distinguished literary figures.
Her writing is celebrated for its elegant simplicity, emotional nuance, and exploration of everyday life and human connection.
She is a recipient of the prestigious Premio Planeta de Novela, one of Spain's most renowned literary awards, which she won for Queda la noche in 1989.
Her contributions to Spanish literature were further recognised on 28 January 2010, when she was named a member of the Real Academia Española, the institution responsible for overseeing the Spanish language.
