Andrea Abreu

Biography

Belonging to a very young generation of writers, accustomed to the digital rather than the printed medium, Andrea Abreu has become, a true phenomenon within the Spanish literary panorama thanks to the publication of her novel 'Panza de burro'. A book of unusual authenticity, funny and bitter at the same time, it narrates the adventures of two friends who, like Andrea herself, spend their childhood and adolescence in a neighbourhood far from everything. It became one of the publishing phenomena of 2020 with more than 20,000 copies sold and it's already in its eleventh edition.

The language of 'Panza de burro' has a lot to do with recognizing the importance of using my own variant of Spanish in writing, Andrea explains. But beyond 'Panza de burro', we are dealing with a writer who had already shown her potential thanks to publications such as 'Woman without eyelids', of narrative poetry, or 'Primavera que sangra'. Born in Tenerife, Canary Islands, she has been distinguished among the best 25 young narrators of current Spanish literature by the prestigious literary magazine Granta. As a journalist, she has written for the Culture section of the newspaper 20 Minutes and for different media, such as Tentaciones (El País), Oculta Lit, LOLA (BuzzFeed), Quimera or Vice.

 

The language of 'Panza de burro' has a lot to do with recognizing the importance of using my own variant of Spanish in writing, Andrea explains. But beyond 'Panza de burro', we are dealing with a writer who had already shown her potential thanks to publications such as 'Woman without eyelids', of narrative poetry, or 'Primavera que sangra'. Born in Tenerife, Canary Islands, she has been distinguished among the best 25 young narrators of current Spanish literature by the prestigious literary magazine Granta. As a journalist, she has written for the Culture section of the newspaper 20 Minutes and for different media, such as Tentaciones (El País), Oculta Lit, LOLA (BuzzFeed), Quimera or Vice.