(CNN) — Spain’s literary world has been thrown into chaos after a coveted book prize was awarded to “Carmen Mola” — a female thriller writer who turned out to be the pseudonym of three men.
(CNN) — Spain’s literary world has been thrown into chaos after a coveted book prize was awarded to “Carmen Mola” — a female thriller writer who turned out to be the pseudonym of three men.
The Spanish literary world was rocked on Friday night by the revelation that one of the country’s most celebrated female novelists, Carmen Mola, was in fact a work of fiction. Her books are the work of three male screenwriters: Jorge Díaz, Agustín Martínez and Antonio Mercero.
Carmen Mola, que se julgava ser o pseudónimo de escritora nascida em Madrid, autora de uma série de livros policiais que se transformaram num sucesso de vendas nos últimos anos, são, afinal, três homens. Garantem que não quiseram esconder-se “atrás de uma mulher, mas sim de um nome”, mas há quem não concorde e critique a escolha.
Kirjailijatriolla on taustaa romaanikirjailijoina sekä televisiokäsikirjoittajina. Carmen Mola -nimellä kirjoitetuissa trillereissä päähenkilö on etsivä Elena Blanco, jota kustantaja Penguin Random House kuvaa ”erikoiseksi ja yksinäiseksi naiseksi, joka rakastaa grappa-viinaa, karaokea, klassikkoautoja ja seksiä katumaastureissa.”
The work of one woman was, it turned out, the equivalent of the labors of three men. That was at least the case for Spain’s top writer of crime thrillers, a professor and mother who wrote under the pseudonym Carmen Mola, supposedly to maintain her anonymity. But on Friday night, at a ceremony to award the 1 million euro (about $1,160,000) Planeta literary prize to Mola for her historical thriller “The Beast,” three men ascended the podium and claimed the award instead.
Carmen Mola odniosła komercyjny sukces w Hiszpanii, wydając w ostatnich latach książki określane mianem „ultrabrutalnych thrillerów kryminalnych”. Gdy otrzymała nagrodę w wysokości miliona euro okazało się, że za tym pseudonimem kryje się trzech mężczyzn.
Die brutalen Thriller von Carmen Mola verkauften sich in Spanien blendend. Lange vermutete die Szene, dass eine Professorin aus Madrid die Autorin sei. Bei der Verleihung des wichtigsten Literaturpreises Premio Planeta standen jetzt aber drei Männer auf der Bühne.
Spain’s literary world has been thrown into chaos after a coveted book prize was awarded to «Carmen Mola» — an acclaimed female thriller writer who turned out to be the pseudonym of three men.
Det spanska litteraturpriset Premio Planeta gick i år till deckarförfattaren Carmen Mola – tidigare presenterad som en kvinnlig universitetslärare som skriver under pseudonym. Men vid prisutdelningen visade sig Carmen Mola vara tre män.
Een prijzenpot van 1 miljoen euro heeft geholpen om een van de grotere mysteries uit de Spaanstalige literatuur op te lossen. Carmen Mola werd de afgelopen jaren wel de ‘Spaanse Elena Ferrante’ genoemd: lang was onduidelijk wie schuilging achter dit pseudoniem.
