Laforet, Carmen (1921–2004)
Laforet, Carmen (1921–2004)
Spanish writer. Name variations: Carmen Laforet Diaz. Born in Barcelona, Spain, Sept 26, 1921, in Barcelona, Spain; died Feb 28, 2004; studied philosophy and law at University of Barcelona; m. Manuel Gonzaález Cerezales, 1946 (sep. 1970); children: Marta, Cristina, Silvia, Manuel and Agustán Cerezales.
Writer whose novels depict the quest for self-fulfillment following Spanish Civil War; when young, moved to Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, where father worked as an architect; with family, returned to Spain (1939); moved to Madrid (1942); published 1st novel, Nada (Nothing, 1944), which helped establish tremendismo as a Spanish literary movement, portraying an exaggerated realism emphasizing both psychological and physical violence; later books include La isla y los demonios (The Island and Its Devils, 1952), La llamada (The Vocation, 1954), La mujer nueva (The New Woman, 1955), La insolacioón, (Sunstroke, 1963), Mis paáginas mejores (1967), and Paralelo 35 (1967). Won Nadal Prize, Menorca Prize and National Literature Prize.
See also Roberta Johnson, Carmen Laforet (Twayne, 1981); and Women in World History.