title: Esther Bendahan
text: # Esther Bendahan
  
  Esther Bendahan Cohen (Tétouan, 1964) is a Moroccan-Spanish writer.
  
  Her Moroccan Jewish family went to Madrid when she was a child, in this city she studied Psychology and French Literature. She is the director of the television program Shalom (RTVE) and the organizer of Centro Sefarad-Israel.
  
  ## Books
  
  * Soñar con Hispania (Dreaming of Hispania) (with Ester Benari), Ediciones Tantín, 2002
  * La sombra y el mar (Shadow and Sea), Morales del Coso, 2003
  * Deshojando alcachofas (Putting the Leaves off Some Artichokes), Seix Barral, 2005
  * Déjalo, ya volveremos (Let It Be, We'll Come Back Some Day), Seix Barral, 2006, where she tells her childhood and the disintegration of Moroccan Jewish communities.
  * La cara de Marte (Mars' Face), Algaida, 2007.
  * El secreto de la reina persa (Persian Queen's Secret), La Esfera de los Libros, 2009
  * Tratado del alma gemela, Ediciones del Viento, 2012. Award: XXII Premio de Narrativa Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.
  
  ## Prizes
  
  * Premio Fnac, Deshojando alcachofas.
  * Tigre Juan Award, 2006 with La cara de Marte
  * Premio Torrente ballester, 2011, El tratado del alma gemela.
  
  ## Translations
  
  * Au nom de l'Autre: Réflexions sur l'antisémitisme qui vient , Alain Finkielkraut, Seix Barral, 2005 (with Adolfo García Ortega).
  