Review
In her stories she addresses various topics such as disillusionment, frustration, fear, sadness, anger, hatred, resentment or revenge and gives voice to narrative voices of different generations. Her fight against gender violence is portrayed in a raw and surprising manner.
In September 2021, she published her first novel, Et diré R, in which the protagonist has to face early motherhood. Oddly enough, it is not the first Catalan novel of recent years in which pregnancy and motherhood are seen as a threat to love and life of their own.
Justifications
- Story writer and novelist.
- Winner of the prize Mercè Rodoreda in 2017.
- She deals with eternal topics such as fear, isolation, incomprehension or solitude.
- She includes female characters and other vulnerable characters in her writings, such as victims of male violence or young homosexuals.
- Fresh, direct and honest language that breaks ground.
- One of the young voices of the Catalan literary scene.
Biography
Clara Queraltó comes from Pla del Penedès, one of those villages of just over a thousand inhabitants. She is a philologist and writer and has specialized in literature theory. She works as a teacher of Catalan language and literature with strong ties to her home town.
With her first work El que pensen els altres (Proa, 2018) she received the award Mercè Rodoreda for Contes i Narracions in 2017. The prose of Queraltó is straightforward, simple and, at the same time, delicate. A Rodoredian poetry can be seen in the texture of her tales and, for this reason, she is even more deserving of this award.
Although she is a faithful consumer and lover of short stories, she has set foot in the novel world with her first novel Et diré R, published in 2021. This work presents the story of a girl who, after fleeing home, becomes pregnant and has to face early motherhood. Generally speaking, the novel is a long letter addressed to R, in the manner of a literary offering. The reader becomes R.
Our own translation from: https://www.nuvol.com/llibres/clara-queralto-el-que-pensen-els-altres-51357
https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/152140/clara/queralto/meus/relats/son/contemplacio/vida
Works
(2018). El que pensen els altres. Barcelona: Proa.
(2021). Et dirè R. Barcelona: Empúries.
Bibliography
Internet posts:
Cos, Isaac (2018). “Clara Queraltó. El que pensen els altres”. Núvol. El digital de la cultura, Ara.Cat, 6-03-2022, https://www.nuvol.com/llibres/clara-queralto-el-que-pensen-els-altres-51357
Plantada, Esteve (2018). “Clara Queraltó: “Els meus relats són la contemplació del que és la vida”. Nació Digital. 6-03-2022, https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/152140/clara/queralto/meus/relats/son/contemplacio/vida
Interview in Diari de Barcelona, 16-10-2022, https://www.diaridebarcelona.cat/w/entrevista-clara-queralto?redirect=%2F
VilaWeb, 16-10-2022, https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/avancament-editorial-et-dire-r-primera-novella-de-clara-queralto/
Didactic approach
The author can be included in all curricular blocks of 3rd and 4th of ESO in the following subjects:
- Valencian language and literature or Catalan language and literature.
- The story "Por", inserted into El que pensen els altres, in the natural sciences subject, could be used to address Alzheimer's disease.
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