Isabel-Clara Simó

Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor (4 April 1943 – 13 January 2020) was a Spanish journalist and writer. She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language.

Simó was awarded several prizes, including the Premi Sant Jordi in 1993. As a journalist, she was the director of Canigó magazine and had a daily column in the newspaper Avui. She was a delegate of the Culture Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Biography Isabel-Clara Simó was BSc+MSc on Philosophy for the Universitat de València and Journalism, and PhD on Romance Philology. She taught at Bunyol and afterwards at the IES Ramon Muntaner of Figueres, a town where her kids were born, and at the IES Sant Josep de Calasanç of Barcelona. She turned to journalism in 1972 as a director of the weekly Canigó and collaborated on a regular basis in several media. She created in her tales and novels a number of complex characters who have conflictive relationships, such as La Nati (1991), Raquel (1992), those from Històries perverses (1992) or those from T'imagines la vida sense ell? (2000). Some works as Júlia (1983) or D'Alcoi a Nova York (1987) was set on Alcoi, her birthplace. In 2013, she received the Golden Medal of the City council of Alcoi, as well as its Key to the City.

In 2017 she won the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes.

Selected works Júlia (1983) D'Alcoi a Nova York (1988) La veïna (1990) La Nati (1991) Raquel (1992) Històries perverses (1992) La Salvatge (1994) Dones (1997) El gust amarg de la cervesa (1999) T'imagines la vida sense ell? (2000) Carta al meu nét. Sobre el nacionalisme (2000) La Nati (2001) Estimats homes (una caricatura) (2001) L'home que volava en el trapezi (2002) En legítima defensa (2003) Angelets (2004) Adeu-Suau (2006) El caníbal (2007) Un Tros de Cel (2012)