Angélica Liddell
Spanish writer, stage director and actress
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Angélica Liddell is the pseudonym of Angélica González (Figueres, 1966), she started her artistic career in the 1980s as playwright. Her work includes prose, poetry, installations and theatre plays. After completing studies of Psychology and Drama, in 1993 she founded the company Atra Bilis in the context of Madrid’s Royal School of Drama. With this company she staged her own texts, thus starting in direction, scenography and acting.
Her works have been translated into several languages such as French, English, Russian, German, Portuguese and Polish. She has received many recognitions such as Premio Dramaturgia Innovadora Casa América, 2013, for her work Nubila Wahlheim; Premio SGAE de Teatro, 2004, for Mi relación con la comida; Premio Ojo Crítico Segundo Milenio, 2005, recognising her career; Premio Notodo del Público al Mejor Espectáculo, 2007, for Perro muerto en tintorería: los fuertes; Premios Valle Inclán de Teatro, 2007, for El año de Ricardo; runner-up prize at Premio Lope de Vega, 2007, for Belgrado; Premio Sebatiá Gasch de Artes Parateatrales, 2011. Moreover, she has received the National Prize for Dramatic Literature 2012, for La casa de la fuerza; and the Venice Bienale 2013 Silver Lyon, «recognising her ability to turn poetry into a text that shakes the world ».
