Carme Solé Vendrell (born Barcelona, 1944) is a Spanish illustrator and writer, mainly of children's books. Since 1968, she has illustrated more than a hundred books. She has also worked on television series such as Víctor y María. She was a Premi Nacional de Cultura laureate in 1979 and 2012.[1]
Carme Solé Vendrell | |
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.jpg) Carme Solé (center) at National Library of Catalonia (2013) | |
| Native name | Macarena Santos i Torres |
| Born | 1944 Barcelona |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Genre | children's books |
| Notable works | Premi Nacional de Cultura laureate |
Between 2012 and 2015 her collection was deposited in the Biblioteca de Catalunya, consisting of about 400 drawings.
Awards edit
- 1979: "Premi Nacional de Cultura"
- 1993: "Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Literatura Infantil i Juvenil" for her illustrations in Brrrrrgg! by Jaume Escala
- 2006: Creu de Sant Jordi Award
- 2012: "Premi Nacional de Cultura"
Selected works edit
- Raspall (1981)
- La lluna d'en Joan (1982)
- Jo les volia (1984)
- En Joan és molt petit (1990)
- Els nens del mar (1991)
- Magenta la petita fada (2003) ISBN 9788426437884, OCLC 432979296
Works in English edit
- Water Childrens Press Choice, 1984, ISBN 9780516086941, OCLC 16678079
- Sally's story London : Blackie, 1984. ISBN 9780216915756, OCLC 906462088
References edit
- ^ Álvarez-Dardet, Alfonso (11 October 2013). "Carme Solé gana por segunda vez el Premio Nacional de Ilustración - La artista catalana obtiene el galardón, el primero fue en 1979, por toda su trayectoria profesional". El Pais. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
Sources edit
- "Carme Solé Vendrell", por Jaime García Sobrino, en Nous voulons lire !, n° 104, junio de 1994, pp. 81–88.
- "Carme Solé Vendrell", en CLIJ, n° 60, abril de 1994, pp. 25–26.
- "Carme Solé i Vendrell" en Bookbird, n° 32-33, otoño de 1994, p. 48.
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