Maria Dolors Alibés


María Dolores Alibés i Riera was a Catalan author of children's books. She was the sister of sports journalist Arcadi Alibés, and was emotionally involved with cartoonist Juan López Fernández, "Jan".

Career

Alibés i Riera was a regular contributor to media outlets, and a children's author. She wrote forty books for children, including novels and story books. Some of these books were translated into Basque, Spanish, Aranese, Galician and French. She penned How to Make a Comic Book'', with Jan. She was a historian and teacher. Riera remained active, writing books even in 2009, the year she died, since two of her books, Superfantasmas in a Supermarket' and 'Grillo Gherkin' were published that year.

Awards

  • Freya, 1981 :
  • Prize Cavall Fort de contes, 1983, for Contestadors automaàtics
  • Fundació d'Amics de les Arts i les Lletres de Sabadell, 1984, for On podria pondre un ou?
  • National Library of Munich, 1983, Tasme the ghost

Works

  • Buscando un nombre, La Galera, 1979
  • Tasma el fantasma, Teide, 1983
  • Contestadors automàtics, premio Cavall Fort de cuentos de las Fiestas Populares de Cultura Pompeu Fabra, 1983
  • Máquinas de empaquetar humo y otros inventos, La Galera, 1984
  • Vamos a contar ratones, La Galera, 1986
  • Un botón llorón, La Galera, 1987
  • El planeta Mo, Crüilla, 1988
  • Superfantasmas en un supermercado, Bruño, 1993
  • El planeta de cristal, El Arca de Junior, 1994
  • Niebla en los bolsillos, La Galera, 1998
  • Grillo Pepinillo, Bruño, 2003