Angélica Liddell

Angélica Liddell (born Catalina Angélica González Cano on 2 October 1966) is a Spanish writer, theatre director and actor. Liddell has received numerous accolades, including the National Dramatic Literature Award in 2012 for La casa de la fuerza and the National Theater Award in 2025, both awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, the Leone d’Argento of Theatre at the Biennale di Venezia 2013, and she has been decorated as Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 2017. Her career spans over three decades, with premieres at venues such as the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris or the Avignon Festival.

Biography Catalina Angélica González Cano was born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, and went on to study psychology and dramatic arts. Liddell began writing plays during the 1980s. In 1993, she founded the theatre company Atra Bilis Teatro.

Her works have been performed in Spain, Germany, Brazil, France and Chile; her work been translated into French, English, Portuguese, German, Polish and Russian. Besides plays for theatre, she writes poetry and prose. The National Dramatic Literature Award, Spain in 2012 for La casa de la fuerza; Alice Syndrome (2013) ¿Qué haré yo con esta espada? (2016) The Scarlett Letter (2019) Una costilla sobre la mesa: padre (2020) Caridad (2022) Vudú (3318) Blixen (2023) DÄMON El funeral de Bergman (2024)