Marta Orriols

Marta Orriols
Orriols in 2019
Born	Marta Orriols 1975 Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	writer
Language	Catalan, Spanish
Nationality	Spanish
Genre	novel
Notable works	Learning to talk to plants (2020)
Notable awards	Òmnium Prize award for best Catalan Novel (2018)

Marta Orriols (Sabadell, 1975) is a Catalan writer from Spain.[1]

She studied cinematographic scriptwriting at the Bande à Part film school in Barcelona and creative writing at the Ateneu Barcelonès. She received the 2018 Òmnium Prize for best Catalan-language novel by Òmnium Cultural, the No Llegiu Prize, and the Illa dels Llibres Prize for Best Novel of 2018.[2] Her novel has been translated to several languages, including English (Learning to talk to plants, published by Pushkin Press)[3] and French.[4] She lives in Barcelona with her two sons.[2]

References

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1. "Marta Orriols Balaguer | Barcelona Metròpolis | Barcelona City Council". Barcelona Metropolis. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
2. "Fiction - Asymptote". www.asymptotejournal.com. Asymptote Journal. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
3. "Learning to Talk to Plants by Marta Orriols | Pushkin Press | 9781782275770". Retrieved 2020-10-07.
4. "Apprendre à parler avec les plantes, Marta Orriols, Littérature étrangère - Seuil". www.seuil.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-10-07.
5. "Marta Orriols participa al Festival Internacional d'Autors de Toronto - Actualitat - Institut Ramon Llull – Llengua i cultura catalanes". www.llull.cat. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
6. Geli, Carles (2018-10-07). "Marta Orriols: "Hoy estamos menos entrenados que nunca ante la muerte"". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

• Marta Orriols at LletrA, Catalan Literature Online (Open University of Catalonia).