La muchacha de la boina gris Premio Edad de oro

Biography

Nieves Cárdenas López

Writer and President of the children's and young people's literature section of the Unesco Writers' Association and member of its executive.

LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Awards:

• Benito Pérez Galdós Novel Prize.
• La Puerta de Papel literary award, Desnudos bajo la luz (Adults).
• Luís Rogelio Nogueras Literary Award 2011, novel for adult testimony.
• Golden Age Award 2010. Una flor y nada más, a biography of Gabriela Mistral (Juvenile).
• April 2003 Prize in children's literature.
• Abdala 2011 Short Story Award (Adults).
• Abdala Award 2009. Short story (Adults).
• Sucedió en Jaruco Contest, Prize in short story.

1st Mentions

• Golden Age 2014, Illustrated Album: El cuarto de un rey.
• La muchacha de la boina gris, a novelized biography about the childhood and youth of Pablo Neruda.
• Benito Pérez-Galdós Novel Competition, 2014.
• Golden Age 2003 - Farmers' legends.
• April Award 2003. Juvenile Literature (short stories). Of snails and fire.
• Golden Age 2001 – Mention in novelette.
• Luís Rogelio Nogueras Contest. Mention in novel.
• Published Books
• Una flor y nada más, biography of Gabriela Mistral. Editorial Gente Nueva and Iniciar Ediciones Colombia.
• Juanico, el rey de las aguas dulces, Editorial Abril (re-edition). Pueblo y Educación for school libraries and Iniciar Ediciones Colombia.
• Tita y Pancho, Editorial Extramuros and Iniciar Ediciones Colombia (for children).
• Los hijos del sol, Editorial Gente Nueva (juvenile).
• Desnudos bajo la luz, Editorial Extramuros.
• De caracoles y fuego, Editorial José Martí (printed and digital).
• El cuarto de un rey, an illustrated album about Christian Andersen's childhood.
• La muchacha de la boina gris, a novelized biography about the childhood and youth of Pablo Neruda. Editorial Gente Nueva and Iniciar Ediciones Colombia.
• Pirataperro, children's novelette, Editorial Abril y McPherson Panamá.
• The story I never wanted to write, printed format and IBU Editorial Estramuros.
• Sosa Bravo, the color that gives name, biographical testimony of the National Prize of Plastic Arts, Alfredo Sosa Bravo. Pablo de la Torriente Brau Publishing House.
• Stories anthologized in Ni más ni menos gordas, Nosotras dos, Elige tú que canto yo, and Las cuenta cuentos.

Other works

• Desnudos bajo la luz, Editorial Extramuros and Editorial Guantamera, was the subject of the thesis of the postgraduate course "Novela histórica actual" taught by Enmanuel Tornez.
•  Fragments of Juanico el rey de las aguas dulces and Pirataperro are part of the textbooks for 3rd and 4th grade of primary education.

Acknowledgments

• The author and her work were recognized by the Instituto Cubano del Libro.
• Coral del Aire Award from the Municipal Directorate of Culture of Playa and the Romance de la niña mala Award, granted by the UNEAC of the province of Santi Espíritus.
• Distinction to humility, Dora Alonso.
• In 2015, the municipality of Cabaiguán dedicated the literary event Un pueblo con suerte to her.
• She has been invited to various spaces such as Páginas Inéditas, Café literario Rogelio Nogueras, Palabras en la Caribeña, En el jardín, and Centro Cultural Dulce María Loynaz.
• Participated in TV program Vitrales and radio programs such as Mi libro preferido, Entre Libros, Dialogo abierto, and Sábado del Libro.
• The presentation of La muchacha de boina gris (a novelized biography about the childhood and youth of Pablo Neruda) kicked off Summer Readings in Havana's Mariana Grajales Park.