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Madrid, 1951

Rosa Montero

Rosa Montero (Madrid, 1951) is a Spanish journalist and writer, a columnist for El País since 1976 and a seasoned interviewer with more than two thousand interviews published. She made her debut as a novelist in 1979 with Crónica del desamor and has since published around twenty novels, children's books and non-fiction. Her recent books blend essay, memoir and narrative.

Where to start with Rosa Montero

Their books on Pecia, in the order we'd read them.

  1. La ridícula idea de no volver a verteabout 6 hoursA good way in: starting from Marie Curie's diary after she was widowed, she weaves her own memories into Curie's to write about grief.
  2. El peligro de estar cuerdaabout 9 hoursIt uses the same blend of essay, personal experience and reading, this time to explore the link between creativity and madness.
  3. Nosotras. Historias de mujeres y algo másabout 8 hoursAn expanded, illustrated edition of Historias de mujeres: short biographies that can be read in any order.

Rosa Montero's books, second-hand

3 books with used copies for sale. On average, 19% below the cover price. Prices from 6 October 2026.

La ridícula idea de no volver a verteRosa Monterofrom €10.73
El peligro de estar cuerdaRosa Monterofrom €11.34
Nosotras. Historias de mujeres y algo másRosa Monterofrom €11.90 −50%

What critics say

Her first novel, Crónica del desamor, was a great success, and she has won many prizes, including the Primavera Novel Prize in 1997 and the Madrid Critics' Prize in 2014 for La ridícula idea de no volver a verte; her work has been translated into around twenty languages. Her interviewing technique is studied in journalism schools in Spain and Latin America.

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Written with AI help from Wikipedia and Pecia's reading guides, and reviewed by a person. Biographical facts from Wikidata. Wikipedia (es) · Wikipedia (en)