Esther Tusquets was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist.
Occupation
publisher, businessperson, essayist, novelist
Citizenship
Spain
Born
August 30, 1936
Died
July 23, 2012
Overview
Esther Tusquets (30 August 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist.
Biography
Tusquets was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Her brother is the architect Òscar Tusquets.
She studied philosophy, literature and history at the University of Barcelona. She spent several years teaching literature and history at the Carillo Academy. She was the director of the publishing house Lumen in Barcelona.
Tusquets published her first novel (The Same Sea as Every Summer) in 1978. It was the first in a trilogy and was followed by (Love is a Solitary Game) in 1979 and (Stranded) in 1980. Her focus in these novels was language and the lesbian body as battlefields.
