Pilar Molina Llorente

Pilar Molina Llorente (born 11 December 1943) is a Spanish children's literature writer. Among other honors, in 2013 she received the Edebé Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature [es] for Tesa.^[1]

Pilar Molina Llorente
Born	(1943-12-11) 11 December 1943 (age 81) Madrid, Spain
Occupation(s)	Writer, translator
Awards	Mildred L. Batchelder Award (1994) Edebé Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature [es] (2013)

She holds a licentiate in Fine Arts, with studies in music, philology, and psychology. She has translated several children's and young adult works from Italian and English into Spanish.^[2]

Some of her books have been illustrated by Fuencisla del Amo de la Iglesia [es].^[3]

Awards

• 1964: Doncel Novel Award for Ut y las estrellas^[4]
• 1972: Doncel Biography Award for El terrible florentino^[5]
• 1973: Comisión Católica Española de la Infancia (CCEI) Award for El terrible florentino^[5]
• 1978: Finalist for El Barco de Vapor Award [es] for El mensaje de maese Zamaor^[5]
• 1984: Honorable mention for the CCEI for Patatita^[5]
• 1994: Honorable mention for the CCEI for La sombra de la daga
• 1994: Mildred L. Batchelder Award for El Aprendiz^[6]
• 2013: Edebé Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature [es] for Tesa^[1]

Works

• Ut y las estrellas (1964)
• El terrible florentino (1973)
• Romualdo el grillo (1974)
• Carrousel 5 (1976)
• El mensaje de Maese Zamaor (1981)
• Patatita (1983)
• El parque de papel: poemas (1984)
• La visita de la Condesa (1987)
• El largo verano de Eugenia Mestre (1987)
• Aura gris (1988)
• El aprendiz (1989)
• Piñata: Libro del profesor (1990)
• La sombra de la daga (1993)
• Navidad, el regreso de Eugenia Mestre (1994)
• ¿Quién pasa primero? (1997)
• Pálpito de Sol (2001)
• Hora de Siesta (2006)
• A de alas, a de abuela (2012)
• Tesa. El despacho de don Baltasar de Garciherreros (2013)^[2]