Language Spanish Role Novelist Name Esther Tusquets | Period 1978–2012 Nationality Spanish | |
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Born 30 August 1936
Barcelona ( 1936-08-30 ) Occupation Publisher, novelist, essayist Alma mater University of Barcelona Died July 23, 2012, Barcelona, Spain Books El Mismo Mar de Todos los Veranos | ||
Education University of Barcelona | ||
ESTHER TUSQUETS - CANAL SUR
Esther Tusquets (30 August 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist.
Tusquets was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 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.
Tuquets published her first novel El mismo mar de todos los veranos (The Same Sea as Every Summer) in 1978. It was the first in a trilogy and was followed by El amor es un juego solitario (Love is a Solitary Game) in 1979 and Varada tras el último naufragio (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.
