Key Points

• Most widely read Spanish woman author

• She also worked as a translator and freelance journalist

• Political trauma during her early years gave extraordinary authenticity to her prose

• The living atmosphere in a patriarcal family as well as political exile marked her attitude towards life

• Her novel starkly reflect personal experiences

• A post-Boom writer, her prose reflects the influences of "magical realism"

• Harvard University awarded her the honorary degree of Doctor in Letters in 2014

Relevant Works

• La casa de los espíritus (1982)

• Paula (1994)

• El cuaderno de Maya (2011)

• Más allá del invierno (2017)

• Largo pétalo de mar (2019)

• Mujeres del alma mia (2020)