Isabel Franc
Catalan writer
Isabel Franc (born 1955) is a Spanish writer who signs some of her novels with the pseudonym Lola Van Guardia.
Career
Isabel Franc's works are characterized by humor and being generally focused on the world of female homosexuality. She has also given lectures and writing courses and she has been invited to talk by American universities. Her style combines satire, irony, and parody in a universe where women are the protagonists.
Since 2010 she has been a professor at the Ateneu Barcelonès where she teaches courses in writing and humorous literature. She has written as a columnist. She is currently (2018) a regular contributor to La Independent, Agencia de Noticias con Visión de Género (The Independent, News Agency with a Gender Perspective).
Works
Novels
Franc made her literary debut with Entre todas las mujeres (Tusquets, 1992), a La Sonrisa Vertical Prize finalist.
She is the author of the celebrated Lola Van Guardia Trilogy, published by Egales, which includes the titles Con Pedigree (1997), Plumas de Doble Filo (1999), and La mansión de las Tríbadas (2002), and has been translated into several languages.
In November 2004 she published No me llames cariño (Egales), that received the Shangay Prize for the best novel of the year.
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