Paloma Díaz-Mas

Paloma Díaz-Mas (born 1954) is a Spanish writer and scholar.^[1][2]

The Most Excellent Paloma Díaz-Mas
Born	Paloma Díaz-Mas (1954-05-09) 9 May 1954 (age 70) Madrid, Spain
Seat i of the Real Academia Española
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 November 2022[lower-alpha 1]
Preceded by	Margarita Salas

She was born in Madrid and studied journalism and philology at university. In 1981, she obtained her doctorate from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,^[3] with a thesis on the subject of Sephardic poetry. At present, she teaches and conducts research at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Madrid. As a professor of Spanish literature and Sephardic literature, she has taught at the Universidad del País Vasco, the University of Oregon and Washington University in St. Louis.^[1]

In April 2021, she was elected as numerary member of the Royal Spanish Academy, intended to occupy the seat i left by Margarita Salas.^[3]

Selected works

• Biografías de genios, traidores, sabios y suicidas. Madrid: Editora Nacional, 1973.
• La informante. Toledo: Ebora, 1983. Play. Winner of the Premio Teatro Breve Rojas Zorrilla 1983.
• El rapto del Santo Grial. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1984. Novel. Finalist of the first Premio Herralde 1983.
• Tras las huellas de Artorius. Cáceres: Institución Cultural El Brocense, 1985. Novel. Winner of the Premio Cáceres 1984.
• Los sefardíes: Historia, lengua, cultura. Zaragoza: Riopiedras, 1986. Essays. Finalist of the Premio Nacional de Ensayo 1986.
• Nuestro milenio. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1987. Stories. Finalist of the Premio Nacional de Narrativa 1987.
• "La discreta pecadora o ejemplo de doncellas recogidas". Short story published in: Cuentos eróticos. Laura Freixas (editor). Barcelona: Grijalbo, 1988.
• Una ciudad llamada Eugenio. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1992. Travel.
• El sueño de Venecia. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1992. Novel. Winner of the tenth Premio Herralde 1992.
• "La niña sin alas". Short story in Madres e hijas. Laura Freixas (editor). Barcelona: Anagrama, 1996.
• La tierra fértil. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1999. Novel. Winner of the Premio Euskadi 2000.
• "La construcción de una escritora". Essay in En sus propias palabras. Christine Henseler(editor). Madrid: Torremozas, 2003.
• Como un libro cerrado. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2005. Novel.
• "La visita del Comendador". Short story in Don Juan. Zaragoza: 451 Editores, 2008.
• "Los mayorales exhaustos". Short story in Cuentos de amigas. Laura Freixas (editor). Barcelona: Anagrama, 2009.
• Lo que aprendemos de los gatos. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2014.

Notes

1. Elected on 22 April 2021

References

1. "Paloma Díaz Mas" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Economía y CompetitividadConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
2. "Paloma Díaz-Mas" (in Spanish). Escritoras.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
3. "La escritora Paloma Díaz Mas, académica de la RAE". Heraldo de Aragón. 22 April 2021.