Fina Casalderrey | |
Birth Date: | 11 August 1951 |
Birth Place: | Xeve, Pontevedra, Spain |
Genre: | children's literature, gastronomy |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Fina Casalderrey (born 11 August 1951) is a Spanish writer and educator, considered to be one of the most important writers of Galician children's literature.
She was born in Xeve in Pontevedra and began a career in teaching. She first began writing for the theatre before turning to children's books and later books on gastronomy.[1]
She received the Castelao Medal in 2003 and the in 2015. Casalderry is a member of the Royal Galician Academy. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She has also written scripts for a number of short films.[2]
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