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Nuria Labari (Santander, 1979) lives in Madrid. She is the author of the short story collection Los borrachos de mi vida (Lengua de Trapo, 2009), which won the 7th Caja Madrid Prize for Fiction, and the novels Cosas que brillan cuando están rotas (Círculo de Tiza, 2016), La mejor madre del mundo (2019), and El último hombre blanco (2022), both published by Random House. Her latest and highly anticipated short story collection, No se van a ordenar solas las cosas (Páginas de Espuma, 2024), was a finalist for the 8th Ribera del Duero Short Fiction Prize.

She has contributed to the anthologies Pequeñas resistencias V (Páginas de Espuma, 2010), El diablo apuesta a todo (Lengua de Trapo, 2011), and Pecadoras capitales (Random Comic, 2020), and co-authored the illustrated book El gran libro de los niños extraordinarios (Silonia, 2018) with graphic artist Quan Zhou.

In 2020, after the pandemic, she founded Circo de Circe, a nomadic space for creation and reflection where writers and artists lead workshops, seek refuge, and travel to the place and time where texts were born.

Her work has been translated into English, Romanian, and Swedish. She currently writes a weekly opinion column for the newspaper El País.

© Asis G. Ayerbe

Nuria LABARI


© Asis G. Ayerbe

Nuria Labari (Santander, 1979) lives in Madrid. She is the author of the short story collection Los borrachos de mi vida (Lengua de Trapo, 2009), which won the 7th Caja Madrid Prize for Fiction, and the novels Cosas que brillan cuando están rotas (Círculo de Tiza, 2016), La mejor madre del mundo (2019), and El último hombre blanco (2022), both published by Random House. Her latest and highly anticipated short story collection, No se van a ordenar solas las cosas (Páginas de Espuma, 2024), was a finalist for the 8th Ribera del Duero Short Fiction Prize.

She has contributed to the anthologies Pequeñas resistencias V (Páginas de Espuma, 2010), El diablo apuesta a todo (Lengua de Trapo, 2011), and Pecadoras capitales (Random Comic, 2020), and co-authored the illustrated book El gran libro de los niños extraordinarios (Silonia, 2018) with graphic artist Quan Zhou.

In 2020, after the pandemic, she founded Circo de Circe, a nomadic space for creation and reflection where writers and artists lead workshops, seek refuge, and travel to the place and time where texts were born.

Her work has been translated into English, Romanian, and Swedish. She currently writes a weekly opinion column for the newspaper El País.