Carme Solé Vendrell Explained
| Carme Solé Vendrell |
| Native Name: | Macarena Santos i Torres |
| Native Name Lang: | spanish |
| Birth Date: | 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Barcelona |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Genre: | children's books |
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| Notableworks: | Premi Nacional de Cultura laureate |
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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]
Between 2012 and 2015 her collection was deposited in the Biblioteca de Catalunya, consisting of about 400 drawings.
Awards
- 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
- 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),
Works in English
- Water Childrens Press Choice, 1984,,
- Sally's story London : Blackie, 1984.,
Sources
- "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.
External links
Notes and References
- News: Álvarez-Dardet. Alfonso. 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. 26 September 2016. El Pais. 11 October 2013.
