About Esther Tusquets
Lived 1936 – 2012 (aged 75). Esther Tusquets was a Spanish publisher, businessperson, essayist, novelist, historian and writer.
Esther Tusquets (30 August 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist.
Biography Tusquets was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Her brother is the architect Òscar Tusquets.
She studied philosophy, literature and history at the University of Barcelona. She spent several years teaching literature and history at the Carillo Academy. She was the director of the publishing house Lumen in Barcelona.
Tusquets published her first novel (The Same Sea as Every Summer) in 1978. It was the first in a trilogy and was followed by (Love is a Solitary Game) in 1979 and (Stranded) in 1980. Her focus in these novels was language and the lesbian body as battlefields.
Tuquet had Parkinson's disease for several years. She died of pneumonia at the age of 75 in Barcelona on 23 July 2012.
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Who was Esther Tusquets?
Spanish publisher, writer and essayist (1936–2012)
When was Esther Tusquets born?
Esther Tusquets was born on 30 August 1936 in Barcelona.
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Esther Tusquets died on 23 July 2012 in Barcelona.
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Esther Tusquets was a publisher, businessperson, essayist, novelist, historian and writer.
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Esther Tusquets was Spanish.
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