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Elvira Lindo

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born

January 23, 1962 in Cádiz, Spain

gender

female

website

http://www.elviralindo.com

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Elvira Lindo is a Spanish journalist and writer.

At the age of 12 Lindo moved to Madrid, where she studied journalism. She did not get her degree, as she began to work in television and radio as a speaker, actress and scriptwriter. Her first novel was based on one of her fictional radio characters, the madrileño boy Manolito Gafotas, who has become a classic of Spanish children's literature. Manolito is the son of a trucker and lives a humble life in the working-class quarter of Carabanchel. The character was the protagonist of several first-person novels written with a solid style that includes humour, irony and sharp social criticism.

Lindo has also written adult novels and plays; she is the screenwriter of the film La primera noche de mi v...more

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Books by Elvira Lindo

Average rating: 3.80 · 1,282 ratings · 60 reviews · 32 distinct works

	Manolito Gafotas (Manolito Gafotas, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Yo y el imbécil (Manolito Gafotas, #6) by Elvira Lindo, Emilo Urberuaga (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Pobre Manolito (Manolito Gafotas, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	My rating:
	¡Cómo molo! (Manolito Gafotas, #3) 3.88 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Manolito on the Road 3.75 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Los trapos sucios (Manolito Gafotas, #4) 3.74 avg rating — 136 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Manolito tiene un secreto 3.79 avg rating — 67 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Una palabra tuya 3.53 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	El Otro Barrio 3.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Lo que me queda por vivir 3.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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Series by Elvira Lindo

Manolito Gafotas (7 books)
by Elvira Lindo

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Quotes by Elvira Lindo

“El miedo lleva al pensamiento por caminos inesperados.”
― Elvira Lindo, Una palabra tuya

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“Qué raros son los recuerdos que nos hacen disfrutar de una felicidad de la que no nos dimos cuenta y con la que no fuimos felices.”
― Elvira Lindo, Unknown Book 10160932