LAFORET, CARMEN

kärˈmān läfōrĕtˈ, 1921–, Spanish writer, b. Barcelona. Her autobiographical first novel, Nada (1944, tr. Andrea 1964), describes the spiritual desolation of a country emerging from civil war. Her other works, noted for their sensitivity and accuracy of observation, include La isla y los demonios [the island and the devils] (1952), La mujer nueva [the new woman] (1955), Grand Canary (tr. 1961), and La niña y otros relatos [the little girl and other stories] (1970).

See study by R. Johnson (1981).

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Reflection in Sequence: Novels by Spanish Women, 1944-1988
Book by Sandra J. Schumm; Bucknell University Press, 1999
Subjects: Catalan Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, Catalan Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Self-Realization In Literature, Spanish Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, Spanish Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--Spain--History--20th Century, Women In Literature
...Reveal the Feminine Psyche in Carmen Laforets Nada 25 2 The Entrapment...follow- ing the publication of Carmen Laforets Nada (1944 Nadal Prize winner...Reveal the Feminine Psyche in Carmen Laforets Nada Carmen Laforets 1944...
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Women Writers of Spain: An Annotated Bio-Bibliographical Guide
Book by Carolyn L. Galerstein, Kathleen McNerney; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: Catalan Literature--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography, Galician Literature--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography, Spanish Literature--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography
...student might read Nada by Carmen Laforet or perhaps one other well-known...Carmen Conde, Concha Espina, Carmen Laforet, Ana Maria Matute, Carmen Martin...Images of the City in the Works of Carmen Laforet, Merce Rodoreda, and Mercedes...
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Spain and Portugal Today
Book by Julia L. Ortiz-Griffin, William D. Griffin; Peter Lang, 2003
Subjects: Portugal--Politics And Government--1974-, Spain--Politics And Government--1975-
...impressed with the sophisticated analysis and wide-ranging knowledge of the new Spain that the authors have at their command. Carmen Lombas-Garcia, Executive Director, Amigos de la Zarzuela Spain and Portugal Today Studies in Modern European History Frank...
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The Contemporary Spanish Novel: An Annotated, Critical Bibliography, 1936-1994
Book by Samuel Amell; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Spanish Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism--Bibliography
...Bunuel and Stress es tres, tres and Carmen by C. Saura. 1.077. Fortes Jose Antonio...Caballero, E. Pardo Bazan, C. Espina, C. Laforet, E. Quiroga, E. Soriano, D. Medio...M. Delibes, J. L. Castillo Puche, C. Laforet, A. Cunqueiro, G. Torrente Ballester...
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Moveable Margins: The Narrative Art of Carme Riera
Book by Kathleen M. Glenn, Mirella Servodidio, Mary S. Vásquez; Bucknell University Press, 1999
Subjects: Riera, Carme--Criticism And Interpretation
...Apart from Rodoreda, what about Carmen Laforet? On the fortieth anniversary...tribute to her. CR: I dont know Laforet and unfortunately Ill never be...greatly admire. I wouldnt consider Laforet a grandmother but perhaps something...
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Carmen Laforet's Nada: Fictional Form and the Search for Identity
Journal article by Marsha S. Collins; Symposium, Vol. 38, 1984
Subjects: Laforet, Carmen
MARSHA S. COLLINS CARMEN LAFORETS NADA: FICTIONAL FORM AND THE SEARCH...and of Nada ( 1945 ) by Carmen Laforet initiated the War Spanish novel...between human beings in " Nada by Carmen Laforet: A Venture in Mechanistic Dynamics...
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Laforet's Nada as Female Bildung?
Journal article by Barry Jordan; Symposium, Vol. 46, 1992
Subjects: Laforet, Carmen
...3. Marsha Collins, "Carmen Laforets Nada: Fictional Form and the...Shyfter, "The Male Mystique in Carmen Laforets Nada," in Novelistas Femeninas...Juan Villegas, "Nada de Carmen Laforet o la infantilizacion de la aventura...
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Imagery, Form and the Romance in Martin Recuerda's Amadis De Gaula and Laforet's Nada
Journal article by Sixto E. Torres; Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 24, 2003
Subjects: Amadis de Gaula (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Laforet, Carmen--Criticism and interpretation, Nada (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Recuerda, Jose Martin--Criticism and interpretation, Spanish literature--Criticism and interpretation
...Recuerdas Amadis de Gaula (1986) and Carmen Laforets Nada (1942) (1) are not merely...the quest for renewal. In Carmen Laforets Nada, the stage of development...the quest for renewal. In Carmen Laforets Nada, the stage of development...
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La Mujer En la Literatura del Mundo Hispanico
Journal article by Herminia Terron De Bellomo; Chasqui, Vol. 31, 2002
Subjects: La mujer en la Literatura del mundo hispanico (Libro)
...contemporaneas: Concha Espina, Merce Rodoreda, Carmen Laforet, Rosa Montero, Carmen Martin Gaite y Ester Tusquets para demostrar que...Castellvi DeMoor, estudia el drama "La llorona" de Carmen Toscano, quien recrea el mito mexicano dentro de...


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In an Unreal World
Magazine article by Anita Sethi; New Statesman, Vol. 136, March 5, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Nada (Book)--Book reviews
...Anita Sethi Nada Carmen Laforet Harvill Secker, 256pp...the pervading force in Carmen Laforets loosely autobiographical...women novelists, such as Carmen Martin Gaite, who likewise...identity--the fragile selves Laforet depicts are constantly...


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encyclopedia articles on: Laforet Carmen  - 2 results

 
 
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Laforet, Carmen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LAFORET, CARMEN (Carmen Laforet Diaz)kar man laforet , 1921 2004, Spanish writer, b. Barcelona. Her first novel, Nada (1945, tr. Andrea 1964), which describes the spiritual desolation of a country emerging from civil war, parallels some of...
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Spanish Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela , Carman Laforet , and Jose Maria Gironella. Salvador de...important novelists are Juan Benet , Carmen-Martin-Gaite, Eduardo Mendonza, Soledad Puertolas, Carmen Riera, and Ana Maria Moix. Dramatists include...


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