Laura Freixas | |
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![]() Laura Freixas en
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Born | Laura Freixas Revuelta 1958 |
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation(s) | Writer, novelist, essayist, literary critic, translator, journalist, art critic |
Website |
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Laura Freixas (born 1958) is a Spanish novelist, short story writer, and newspaper columnist.
Freixas was born in Barcelona in 1958. [1] Laura Freixas is the granddaughter of Freixas Miquel. [2] [3] Freixas studied at the French School in her home city of Barcelona. [1] She got a BA degree in Law in 1980 from the University of Barcelona. [1] She has been active as a writer since 1988. [1] Freixas' work also includes scholarship and promotion of women writers. [1] [4]
She has also worked in international universities as a publisher, a Spanish language assistant, and a translator. [1] At present she teaches literature workshops for different institutions. [1] She writes as a columnist for the newspaper La Vanguardia and does literary reviews for its supplement Cultura/s. [1] She is a contributor to literary magazines such as Mercurio, Letras libres, El País, and Revista de Libros. [1]
She has been a lecturer or a writer in residence at many Spanish and foreign universities and taught creative writing at the University of Virginia (UVA). [1] She is a member of the European Cultural Parliament [5] and the chair of the association Clásicas y Modernas for gender equality in Spanish culture from 2009 to 2017. [1]
Freixas has campaigned against trans-inclusive laws in Spain as she views it as a regression for Spanish gender equality. [6] [7]
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