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Alicia Kopf
Born	Imma Ávalos Marqués (1982-11-28) 28 November 1982 (age 42) Girona, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation(s)	Author, artist
Notable work	Brother in Ice

Alicia Kopf is the pseudonym of Imma Ávalos Marqués (born 28 November 1982 in Girona, Spain), a Spanish author and artist based in Barcelona.

Kopf is interested in the concept of exploration, particularly polar exploration, which is visible throughout her work both as an artist and an author. Her debut novel, Brother in Ice, was published in the English translation (trans. Mara Faye Lethem) by And Other Stories in 2018.

She currently works at the Open University of Catalonia as a lecturer in Communications.

Novels

• Hermano de hielo, 2016; Brother in Ice (trans. Mara Faye Lethem), And Other Stories, 2018.

Awards

• (2015) Documenta de Narrativa Prize, for Hermano de hielo.
• (2016) Libreter Prize, for Hermano de hielo
• (2016) Critical Eye Award (Ojo Crítico), for Hermano de hielo

References

1. ^ "Alicia Kopf". lletrA-UOC – Open University of Catalonia.
2. Bausells, Marta (17-04-09)"Alicia Kopf: 'I wanted to turn old-fashioned, masculine epics upside down'"
3. Elkin, Lauren (2018-05-09). "Brother in Ice by Alicia Kopf review – a polar obsession". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-05-15.

External links

• The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #140: Alicia Kopf
• "Alicia Kopf". lletrA-UOC – Open University of Catalonia.

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Spanish women novelists
• 21st-century Spanish novelists
• Writers from Barcelona
• People from Girona
• 20th-century pseudonymous writers
• Pseudonymous women writers
• Academic staff of the Open University of Catalonia