Marisol Ortiz de Zárate


Marisol Ortiz de Zárate is a Spanish writer specializing in children's literature.
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Career

Marisol Ortiz de Zárate's first book was Los enigmas de Leonardo, a historical young adult novel. With its publication, she began to give talks at schools about reading and as a storyteller. She received her first award in the Antonia Cerrato Short Story and Poetry Contest organized by the Association of Friends of Santa Amalia, with a story entitled "Los curas llevan pantalones bajo la sotana". The novel La canción de Shao Li, which won a 2010 Latino Book Award, made her well-known as a writer specializing in children's literature. This adventure book, as well as the rest of her novels, are recommended reading in many . In 2014 she published her first novel for adults, Una historia Perdida, which won the Felipe Trigo Novel Award.
Ortiz is a founding member of Krelia.a, the Association of Literary Creators of Álava, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where she lives. She divides her time between writing and teaching at the City Council's creative writing workshops.

Works

Novels

Los enigmas de Leonardo, Bruño, 2002, La cruz bajo la lengua, Arte-Activo, 2007, La canción de Shao Li, Bambú, 2009, Cantan los gallos, Bambú, 2011, Una historia perdida, Algaida, 2014, Rebelión en Verne, Bambú, 2015, Las lágrimas de la matrioska, Bambú, 2015,, illustrations by Marina Suárez Ortiz de ZárateLa fabuladora, Bambú, 2018,

Short stories

  • "Los curas llevan pantalones bajo la sotana"
  • "Un día cualquiera"
  • "Cuesta arriba"
  • "Refugio de piedra"
  • "Descubriendo Berlín"
  • "La noche más larga"
  • "El confidente precioso"
  • "El niño pez"
  • "Por las montañas heladas"
  • "Campo fronterizo"
  • "Pasaje a la vida"
  • "Calzada de colores"

Awards

  • Antonia Cerrato Award, 2006
  • Víctor Chamorro Award, 2006
  • Encuentro de dos Mundos Award, 2009, Ferney-Voltaire
  • Latino Book Award for best young adult fiction, 2010, New York, for La canción de Shao Li
  • Finalist at the Hache Awards, Cartagena, for La canción de Shao Li, 2010
  • 32nd Felipe Trigo Literary Award in the Novel category for Una historia perdida, 2012
  • Finalist for the 2012 Euskadi Award for children's narrative for Cantan los gallos
  • María Giralt Award, 2014