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Alicia Giménez Bartlett

Born	(1951-06-10)10 June 1951 Almansa
Nationality	Spanish
Genre	detective novels
Notable awards	Premio Femenino Singular Premio Nadal

Alicia Giménez Bartlett (born 10 June 1951 in Almansa, Albacete, Spain) is a Spanish writer particularly known for her series of detective novels with protagonist Petra Delicado.^[1]

Biography

Her first novel, Exit was published in 1984. In 1997, she published Una habitación ajena (A Faraway Room) concerning the tensions between the lesbian writer Virginia Woolf and her servant "Nelly",^[2] and this won her the Premio Femenino Singular.

The Petra Delicado novels have been published in various languages and are very popular in Germany and Italy. In 1999 Petra Delicado appeared as the protagonist of a television series. Four of her novels have been used for an Italian TV four-part series: Petra, first broadcast in September 2020.^[3] In 2011 Bartlett won the Premio Nadal for Donde nadie te encuentre.

She has lived in Barcelona since 1975.

Bibliography

Exit (1984, Seix Barral)
Pájaros de oro (1987, Montesinos)
Caídos en el valle (1989, Montesinos)
El cuarto corazón (1991, Versal)
Vida sentimental de un camionero (1993, Lumen)
La última copa del verano (1995, Grijalbo-Mondadori)
Ritos de muerte (1996, Grijalbo-Mondadori). Petra Delicado 1st novel
Día de perros (1997, Grijalbo-Mondadori). Petra Delicado 2nd novel
Una habitación ajena (1997, Belacqua). Premio Femenino Lumen
Mensajeros de la oscuridad (1999, Plaza & Janés). Petra Delicado 3rd novel
Muertos de papel (2000, Plaza & Janés). Petra Delicado 4th novel
Serpientes en el paraíso (2002, Planeta). Petra Delicado 5th novel
Secreta Penélope (2003, Seix Barral)
Un barco cargado de arroz (2004, Planeta). Petra Delicado 6th novel
Días de amor y engaños (2006, Planeta)
Nido vacío (2007, Planeta). Petra Delicado 7th novel
El silencio de los claustros (2009, Destino). Petra Delicado 8th novel
Donde nadie te encuentre (2011, Destino). Premio Nadal
Nadie quiere saber (2013, Destino). Petra Delicado 9th novel
Crímenes que no olvidaré (2015). 10th novel in the Petra Delicado series.
Hombres desnudos (2015, Planeta). Premio Planeta.
Mi querido asesino en serie (2017, Destino). 11th novel in the Petra Delicado series.

References

^ El Pais Una historia de maquis gana el Nadal January 6th, 2011
^ "Una habitación ajena – Alicia Giménez Bartlett". Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ Vivarelli, Nick (7 March 2019). "Italy's Cattleya Producing Female Detective Series Petra for Sky". Variety. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

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