Ángeles Caso

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{{short description|Spanish journalist, translator and writer}}

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| birth_name = María de los Ángeles Caso Machicado

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1959|7|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gijón (Asturias), Spain

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| alma_mater= University of Oviedo

| nationality = Spanish

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| occupation = Novelist, writer, journalist, news

| years_active = 1985-presents

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María de los Ángeles Caso Machicado (born 16 July 1959 in Gijón) is a Spanish journalist, translator and writer. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.

Her father, José Miguel Caso González, was a professor and vice-chancellor at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Oviedo. She studied History and Geography, but she worked later as a journalist in Panorama regional. She also worked for the [http://www.fpa.es/ Prince of Asturias Foundation] or the [http://www.ifesxviii.es/ Institute Feijoo of 18th century studies] at the University of Oviedo and in different media like Televisión Española, Cadena SER and Radio Nacional de España.

Prizes

  • Finalist Premio Planeta, El peso de las sombras, 1994
  • Premio Fernando Lara, Un largo silencio, 2000{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2000/09/16/cultura/969055205_850215.html |title=Ángeles Caso gana el Premio Fernando Lara con una novela de posguerra |trans-title=Ángeles Caso Wins the Fernando Lara Award with a Post-war Novel |first=Amelia |last=Castilla |work=El País |location=Seville |language=es |date=16 September 2000 |access-date=5 September 2018}}
  • Premio Planeta, Contra el viento, 2009{{cite news |author= ABC|title= La periodista Ángeles Caso gana el premio Planeta con la novela 'Contra el viento'|url= http://www.abc.es/20091015/cultura-literatura/angeles-caso-gana-premio-200910152345.html|work= abc.es| date = October 15, 2009| access-date =October 15, 2009 }}{{cite news | author = EL PAIS| title = Ángeles Caso logra el Planeta con un libro sobre emigración'|url= http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Angeles/Caso/logra/Planeta/libro/emigracion/elpepucul/20091015elpepucul_10/Tes|work= elpais.com| date = October 15, 2009| access-date =October 15, 2009 }}

Filmography

Works

  • Asturias desde la noche. 1988. Guía.
  • Elisabeth, emperatriz de Austria-Hungría o el hada. 1993.
  • El peso de las sombras. 1994. Finalista XLIII Premio Planeta 1994.
  • El inmortal. 1996, compilation: Érase una vez la paz.
  • El mundo visto desde el cielo. 1997.
  • El resto de la vida. 1998.
  • El verano de Lucky. 1999.
  • La trompa de los monos. 1999, compilation: Mujeres al alba
  • La alegría de vivir. 1999, compilation: Hijas y padres
  • Un largo silencio. 2000. V Premio Fernando Lara de novela.
  • Giuseppe Verdi, la intensa vida de un genio. 2001. Biography of Giuseppe Verdi.
  • Las olvidadas, una historia de mujeres creadoras. 2005.
  • Contra el viento.2009. LVIII Premio Planeta 2009.
  • Donde se alzan los tronos. 2012
  • Rahima Begum. 2013
  • Todo ese fuego. 2016. Novel based on the Bronte Sisters

References

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