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Almudena Grandes was born in Madrid in 1960. She became widely recognized as a writer in 1989 with her novel Las edades de Lulú (The Ages of Lulu), which won the XI Sonrisa Vertical Prize. She has been accompanied by the acclaim of readers and critics ever since. Her novels Te llamaré Viernes (I’ll Call You Friday), Malena es un nombre de tango (Malena Is a Tango Name), Atlas de geografía humana (Atlas of Human Geography), Los aires difíciles (The Wind from the East), Castillos de cartón (Cardboard Castles), along with her books of short stories Modelos de mujer (Models of Womankind) and Estaciones de paso (Stations On the Way), and the collection of articles Mercado de Barceló (The Barceló Market), have confirmed that she is one of the most solid and internationally-known narrators in recent Spanish literature.