Muriel Villanueva i Perarnau

Muriel Villanueva i Perarnau (Valencia, 1976) is a Spanish writer. With a degree in Literary theory and Comparative literature from the University of Barcelona and a diploma in Music education from the University of Valencia, she was a professor at the School of Writing at the University of Barcelona between 2006 and 2014. Subsequently, she works as a writing teacher with several organizations. In 2020, she received one of the grants for literary creation from the InstituciÃÂ³ de les Lletres Catalanes for the project .

Awards and honours

1997 - Goma de Nata Award (with the work Els Ulls de Rita o la tendresa del mÃÂ³n - Diari del viatge per l'adopciÃÂ³ d'una germana)
2009 - Montflorit Award for Novel (with the work Jo toco i tu balles)
2009 - Arrelats Prize of the University of Barcelona (with the story "Venia picant de mans")
2010 - Jury Mention of the 2010 Documenta Award (with the work La gatera)
2011 - Just Manuel Casero Award from Llibreria 22 in Girona (with the work La gatera)
2011 - Les TalÃÂºries Award from the Institute of Ilerdencs Studies (with the poetry collection Poemes san punts goma)
2013 - Valencian Writers Critic Award, by the AELC (with the work La gatera)
2016 - Finalist of the Atrapallibres Award, by the Catalan Council of LIJ (with the work Duna)
2018 - Carlemany Prize for the promotion of reading, from the Government of Andorra (with the work Rut Sense Hac)
2019 - Finalist of the Atrapallibres Award, by the Catalan Council of LIJ (with the work El refugi del Tarek)
2019 - Finalist of the Menjallibres Award, young readers of Vilanova (with the work Rut Sense Hac)
2019 - Prize for children's and youth narrative in Valencian City of DÃÂ©nia (with the work L'illa infinita)
2020 - Premi Llibreter (with the youth novel Dunes)
2020 - Antoni Vidal Ferrando Award (with the novel El ball de les stornelles)
2020 - Atrapallibres Award, from the Catalan Children and Youth Literature Council (with the children's novel El refugi del Tarek)

Mares, i si sortim de l'armari? : la histÃÂ²ria d'una famÃÂlia quasi feliÃÂ§, 2006
Jo toco i tu balles, 2009
Baracoa, 2010
La gatera, 2012
Motril 86, 2013
El parÃÂ¨ntesi d'esquerre, 2016
Rut Sense Hac, 2018
ParÃÂs es Azu, 2019
El ball de les estornelles, 2020
SemiidÃÂ¨ntics, 2021

FamÃÂlia, 2009
La paradoxa d'en Frank Kafka i l'ÃÂ ncora del Fred TÃÂ¨nder, 2009
Venia picant de mans, 2009
LÃÂnia discontÃÂnua, 2010
Megafonia, 2012
Dos mil botons i una tassa de xocolata, dins l'antologia Els caus secrets, 2013
La nena de les cuetes Ã¢ÂÂ La niÃÂ±a de las coletas, 2015
Estimat paÃÂs petit, 2018
Sols em queda la gloriosa companyia de la vostra sacratÃÂssima corona, dins l'antologia RepÃÂºblica de les lletres, 2019

La TÃÂ nia i totes les tortugues, 2013
Duna, diari d'un estiu. Duna, diario de un verano, 2015
La Esfera o L'Esfera: Sin alas, Las alas de ÃÂcaro, El vuelo del FÃÂ©nix.. Trilogy with Roger Coch (Muriel Rogers), 2016
La TÃÂ nia i el telescopi (illustrated by Ona Caussa), 2016
Groc i rodÃÂ³. Amarillo y redondo (illustrated by Ferran Orta, 2018
El refugi del Tarek (illustrated by Bruno Hidalgo), 2018
Ona i Roc i els tigres de Sumatra (illustrated by Julia Cejas), 2019
L'illa infinita (illustrated by NoemÃÂ Villamuza), 2019
Dunes, diari d'un altre estiu. Dunas, diario de otro verano (illustrated by Ferran Orta), 2019
Digueu-me Ju, 2020
La Paula i el colibrÃÂ (illustrated by Albert Asensio), 2021
On vas, Tarek? (illustrated by Bruno Hidalgo), 2021
Al fil de seda, 2022