Belén Gopegui (Madrid 1963). Holds a degree in Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Holds a Doctorate in Humanities from the Universidad Carlos III. Philosophy student of Juan Blanco. She has published, among other works, the novels La escala de los mapas (1993), Tocarnos la cara (1995), La conquista del aire (1998), Lo real (2001), El lado frío de la almohada (2004), El Padre de Blancanieves (2007), Deseo de ser punk (2009), all originally published by Anagrama and now edited by Debolsillo, and Acceso no autorizado (2011) and El comité de la noche (2014), published by Penguin Random House. SM has published her works El balonazo (2008), El día que mamá perdió la paciencia (2009), El amigo que surgió de un viejo ordenador (2012), and Fuera de la burbuja (2017). UDP (Universidad Diego Portales) published a collection of her essays titled Rompiendo algo (2014). She collaborated on the script of the film La suerte dormida (2003), directed by Ángeles González-Sinde. She is the author of the script of the film El principio de Arquímedes (2004), directed by Gerardo Herrero, who also directed the film Las razones de mis amigos, based on the novel La conquista del aire. She wrote the theatrical work El coloquio in collaboration with the Unidad de Producción Alcores. Libros en Acción, the publisher of Ecologistas en Acción, published her children´s story Mi misión era acercarme a Miranda (2015). Her most recent novel, Quédate este día y esta noche conmigo (2017), was published by Penguin Random House. Occasionally, she writes articles for various media.
Co-dictionary entry: Revolutionary literature, or literature for a revolution