Carme Solé Vendrell
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Native name
Macarena Santos i Torres
Born1944
Barcelona
Barcelona
LanguageSpanish
NationalitySpanish
Carme Solé Vendrell | |
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.jpg) Carme Solé (center) at National Library of Catalonia (2013) | |
| Native name | Macarena Santos i Torres |
| Born | 1944 Barcelona |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Genre | children's books |
| Notable works | Premi Nacional de Cultura laureate |
Carme Solé Vendrell (born 1944 in Barcelona) is a Spanish illustrator and writer, mainly of children's books. Since 1968, she has illustrated more than a hundred books. She has also worked on television series such as Víctor y María. She was a Premio Nacional de Cultura laureate in 1979 and 2012.[1]
Between 2012 and 2015 her collection was deposited in the Biblioteca de Catalunya, consisting of about 400 drawings.
- 1979: "Premio Nacional de Cultura"
- 1993: "Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Literatura Infantil i Juvenil" for her illustrations in Brrrrrgg! by Jaume Escala
- 2006: Creu de Sant Jordi Award
- 2012: "Premi Nacional de Cultura"
Selected works
- Raspall (1981)
- La lluna d'en Joan (1982)
- Jo les volia (1984)
- En Joan és molt petit (1990)
- Els nens del mar (1991)
- Magenta la petita fada (2003) ISBN 9788426437884, OCLC 432979296
Works in English
- Water Childrens Press Choice, 1984, ISBN 9780516086941, OCLC 16678079
- Sally's story London : Blackie, 1984. ISBN 9780216915756, OCLC 906462088
