Esther Bendahan
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Esther Bendahan | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Esther Bendahan Cohen (born 1964 in Tétouan) is a Moroccan-Spanish writer.
Her Moroccan Jewish family moved to Madrid when she was a child, where she studied Psychology and French Literature. She is the director of the television program Shalom (RTVE) and the organizer of Centro Sefarad-Israel.
- Soñar con Hispania (Dreaming of Hispania) (with Ester Benari), Ediciones Tantín, 2002
- La sombra y el mar (Shadow and Sea), Morales del Coso, 2003
- Deshojando alcachofas (Putting the Leaves off Some Artichokes), Seix Barral, 2005
- Déjalo, ya volveremos (Let It Be, We'll Come Back Some Day), Seix Barral, 2006, where she tells her childhood and the disintegration of Moroccan Jewish communities.
- La cara de Marte (Mars' Face), Algaida, 2007.
- El secreto de la reina persa (Persian Queen's Secret), La Esfera de los Libros, 2009
- Tratado del alma gemela, Ediciones del Viento, 2012. Award: XXII Premio de Narrativa Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.
Prizes
- Premio Fnac, Deshojando alcachofas.
- Tigre Juan Award, 2006 with La cara de Marte[1]
- Premio Torrente Ballester, 2011, El tratado del alma gemela.
