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Fina Casalderrey (born 11 August 1951) is a Spanish writer and educator, considered to be one of the most important writers of Galician children's literature.[1][2]

Fina Casalderrey
Born	(1951-08-11) 11 August 1951 (age 70) Xeve, Pontevedra, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Genre	children's literature, gastronomy

Life and career

She was born in Xeve in the province of Pontevedra and began a career in teaching. She first began writing for the theatre before turning to children's books and later books on gastronomy.[2][1]

She received the Castelao Medal in 2003 and the Premio da Cultura Galega [gl] in 2015. Casalderry is a member of the Royal Galician Academy. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She has also written scripts for a number of short films.[1]

Selected works[1]

Children's literature

• Dos lágrimas por máquina (1992) received the Premio Merlín [gl]
• El misterio de los hijos de Lúa [es] (1995) received the Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil [es] and the Premio O Barco de Vapor
• El estanque de los patos pobres (1996) received the Premio Edebé de literatura infantil y juvenil [es]
• El lago de las niñas mudas, children's literature (2007) received the Premio Frei Martín Sarmiento [gl]

Gastronomy

• El libro de la empanada (1993)
• Fiestas gastronómicas de Galicia (1994)

Films

• Garuda (2010)
• Dos letras (2011)
• Querido Tomás (2013)
• La última moneda (2016)

References

External links

• Fina Casalderrey at IMDb
• "Fina Casalderrey's web site".

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