WRITER

Carmen Laforet

1921 - 2004

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Carmen Laforet (Barcelona 6 September 1921 – Madrid, 28 February 2004) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carmen Laforet has received more than 110,714 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Carmen Laforet is the 3,354th most popular writer (down from 2,437th in 2019), the 1,106th most popular biography from Spain (down from 815th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 51.96

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La insolación
Spanish language materials
1963
La mujer nueva
Spanish language books
1956
Nada
Spanish language books, Readers, Bildungsromans
"Loosely based on the author's own life, Nada is the story of an orphaned young woman who leaves her small town to attend university in war-ravaged Barcelona." "Residing amid genteel poverty in a mysterious house on Calle de Aribau, young Andrea falls in with a wealthy band of schoolmates who provide a rich counterpoint to the squalor of her home life. As experience overtakes innocence, Andrea gradually learns the disquieting truth about the people she shares her life with: her overbearing and superstitious aunt Angustias; her nihilistic yet artistically gifted uncle Roman and his violent brother Juan; and Juan's disturbingly beautiful wife, Gloria, who secretly supports the clan with her gambling. From existential crisis to a growing maturity and resolve, Andrea's passionate inner journey leaves her wiser, stronger, and filled with hope for the future."--BOOK JACKET
1945
La llamada
1954
Novelas
1960
La isla y los demonios
1952
La isla y los demonios
1952
La llamada
1954
Novelas
1960
La mujer nueva
Spanish language books, Fiction, general
1955
La insolación
Spanish language materials, Fiction, general, Artists, fiction
1963
Nada
Spanish language books, Readers, Bildungsromans
*Nada* es la primera novela de la escritora barcelonesa Carmen Laforet y una de las obras literarias más importantes de la España del siglo XX. Se trata de una obra existencialista que representa el estancamiento y la pobreza que se vivieron en la posguerra española, durante los primeros años del franquismo. Dotada de un estilo literario que supuso una renovación en la prosa de la época, *Nada* refleja también la lenta desaparición de la pequeña burguesía tras la Guerra Civil. La protagonista de la novela es una joven huérfana de padres, llamada Andrea, que recién terminada la Guerra Civil Española se traslada a la ciudad de Barcelona para estudiar y empezar una nueva vida. Cuando Andrea llega a casa de su abuela, de donde solo tiene recuerdos de su infancia, sus ilusiones se ven rotas. (Wikipedia) ---------- "Loosely based on the author's own life, *Nada* is the story of an orphaned young woman who leaves her small town to attend university in war-ravaged Barcelona." "Residing amid genteel poverty in a mysterious house on Calle de Aribau, young Andrea falls in with a wealthy band of schoolmates who provide a rich counterpoint to the squalor of her home life. As experience overtakes innocence, Andrea gradually learns the disquieting truth about the people she shares her life with: her overbearing and superstitious aunt Angustias; her nihilistic yet artistically gifted uncle Roman and his violent brother Juan; and Juan's disturbingly beautiful wife, Gloria, who secretly supports the clan with her gambling. From existential crisis to a growing maturity and resolve, Andrea's passionate inner journey leaves her wiser, stronger, and filled with hope for the future."--BOOK JACKET
1945

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carmen Laforet ranks 3,354 out of 7,302. Before her are Valerius Antias, John Ford, Karl Ove Knausgård, Eysteinn Erlendsson, Morgan Robertson, and Bernardo Guimarães. After her are Rhianus, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Al-A'sha, Rose Wilder Lane, Jean-Claude Izzo, and Gunnar Heiberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Carmen Laforet ranks 201. Before her are Piero Piccioni, Carlo Furno, Willem Frederik Hermans, Augusto Monterroso, Harry Schell, and Viktor Chukarin. After her are Joseph A. Walker, Jacques Lecoq, Rashid Karami, Judy Holliday, Ziya Bunyadov, and Pierre Bec. Among people deceased in 2004, Carmen Laforet ranks 143. Before her are Cem Karaca, Hubert Selby Jr., Juan Zambudio Velasco, Piero Piccioni, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, and Kalevi Sorsa. After her are Christer Pettersson, Rogelio Domínguez, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Ivan Hlinka, Ryszard Kukliński, and Carlo Rustichelli.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Carmen Laforet ranks 1,106 out of 3,355. Before her are Nicanor Zabaleta (1907), Enrique Collar (1934), Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926), Joan Coromines (1905), Pedro Arico Suárez (1908), and Ángel Sanz Briz (1910). After her are José Manuel Pinto (1975), Seve Ballesteros (1957), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (-135), Javier Urruticoechea (1952), Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886), and Juan Manuel Asensi (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Carmen Laforet ranks 122. Before her are Ildefonso Falcones (1959), Joan Brossa (1919), Ramón Chao (1935), Dámaso Alonso (1898), Salvador Espriu (1913), and Enrique Vila-Matas (1948). After her are Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886), Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791), Rosa Montero (1951), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), and Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856).

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