In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Simó and the second or maternal family name is Monllor; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Premi Víctor Català (1978) Premi Andròmina de narrativa (2001) Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la (2003) Premi de la Crítica dels Escriptors Valencians d'assaig (2004) Premi de Novel·la Ciutat d'Alzira (2007) Premi Trajectòria (2009) Premi Jaume Fuster dels Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (2013) Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes (2017)
Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor (4 April 1943 – 13 January 2020)[1] was a Spanish journalist and writer.[2] She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language.[3]
Simó was awarded several prizes, including the Premi Sant Jordi in 1993. As a journalist, she was the director of Canigó magazine and had a daily column in the newspaper Avui. She was a delegate of the Culture Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya.[2][4]
Biography
Isabel-Clara Simó was BSc+MSc on Philosophy for the Universitat de València[5] and Journalism, and PhD on Romance Philology.[6] She taught at Bunyol and afterwards at the IES Ramon Muntaner of Figueres, a town where her kids were born, and at the IES Sant Josep de Calasanç of Barcelona. She turned to journalism in 1972 as a director of the weekly Canigó and collaborated on a regular basis in several media. She created in her tales and novels a number of complex characters who have conflictive relationships, such as La Nati (1991), Raquel (1992), those from Històries perverses (1992) or those from T'imagines la vida sense ell? (2000). Some works as Júlia (1983) or D'Alcoi a Nova York (1987) was set on Alcoi, her birthplace.[7]
She was awarded the Sant Jordi prize in 1993, for La salvatge. She was deputy of Books for the Departament de Cultura of the Generalitat de Catalunya. In 1999 she received the Creu de Sant Jordi, for her career. The collection Dones (1997) was adapted to the cinema in 2000. She also published L'home que volava en el trapezi (2002) and her collection of articles at the journal Avui, titled En legítima defensa. She also had a great success, both from critics and audience, for her theatre piece Còmplices, taken to the scenarios by Pep Cortès.
As a journalist, she was director of the weekly Canigó, she wrote a number of articles for the journal Avui and nowadays for El Punt Avui.
In 2009 she was awarded the Trajectòria prize at the Setmana del Llibre en Català. According to the organization, this award recognizes the huge work of the writer and her effort in protecting the Catalan language.[8] In 2013, she received the Golden Medal of the City council of Alcoi, as well as its Key to the City.[7]
^Diaz-Vicedo, Noèlia (February 2010). "Isabel-Clara Simó Monllor". Centre for the study of Contemporary Women's Writing. Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
