Fina Casalderrey

Fina Casalderrey (born 11 August 1951) is a Spanish writer and educator, considered to be one of the most important writers of Galician children's literature.

Life and career
She was born in Xeve in Pontevedra and began a career in teaching. She first began writing for the theatre before turning to children's books and later books on gastronomy.

She received the Castelao Medal in 2003 and the Premios da Cultura Galega in 2015. Casalderry is a member of the Royal Galician Academy. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She has also written scripts for a number of short films.

Selected works
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Children's literature

 * Dos lágrimas por máquina (1992) received the Premio Merlín
 * El misterio de los hijos de Lúa (1995) received the Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil (Spain) and the Premio O Barco de Vapor
 * El estanque de los patos pobres (1996) received the Premio Edebé de literatura infantil y juvenil
 * El lago de las niñas mudas, children's literature (2007) received the Premios Frei Martín Sarmiento

Gastronomy

 * El libro de la empanada (1993)
 * Fiestas gastronómicas de Galicia (1994)

Films

 * Garuda (2010)
 * Dos letras (2011)
 * Querido Tomás (2013)
 * La última moneda (2016)