Laura Freixas
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Laura Freixas | |
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 Laura Freixas en Medialab Prado in Madrid, october 2017 | |
| Born | Laura Freixas Revuelta 1958 (age 67–68) |
| Occupations | Writer, novelist, essayist, literary critic, translator, journalist, art critic |
| Website | www |
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]
