Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas | |
|---|---|
 Javier Cercas (2019) | |
| Born | Javier Cercas Mena 1962 (age 61–62) Ibahernando,Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Girona |
| Occupation(s) | professor, writer |
| SeatRof theReal Academia Española | |
| Assumed office TBA[a] | |
| Preceded by | Javier Marías |
Javier Cercas Mena(born 1962 inIbahernando) is a Spanish writer and professor ofSpanish literatureat theUniversity of Girona,Spain.
He was born in Ibahernando,Cáceres,Spain.[1][2]He is a frequent contributor to theCatalanedition ofEl Paísand the Sunday supplement. He worked for two years at theUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaigninIllinois,United States.[3]
He is part of a group of well-known Spanish novelists who have published "historical memory" fiction, focusing on theSpanish Civil WarandFrancoist state,includingJulio Llamazares,Andrés Trapiello,andJesús Ferrero.[4]
Soldiers of Salamis(translated byAnne McLean) won theIndependent Foreign Fiction Prizein 2004.[5]McLean's translations of his novelsThe Speed of LightandOutlawswere also shortlisted for theInternational Dublin Literary Award,in 2008 and 2016 respectively.
During the 2014–15academic year,he was the Weidenfeld Visiting Professor of European Comparative Literature atSt Anne's CollegeatOxford,England.[6]He was awarded the 2016European Book PrizeforThe Impostor.
Bibliography[edit]
- 1987,El móvil
- 1989,El inquilino(The Tenant and the Motive) (English translation, 2005)
- 1994,La obra literaria de Gonzalo Suárez
- 1997,El vientre de la ballena
- 1998,Una buena temporada
- 2000,Relatos reales
- 2001,Soldados de Salamina(Soldiers of Salamis) (English translation byAnne McLean,2004)
- 2005,La velocidad de la luz(The Speed of Light) (English translation byAnne McLean,2006)
- 2009,Anatomía de un instante(The Anatomy of a Moment) (English translation byAnne McLean,2011)
- 2012,Las leyes de la frontera (published asOutlaws)(English translation byAnne McLean,2014)
- 2014,El Impostor(The Impostor) (English translation byFrank Wynne,2017)
- 2017,El monarca de las sombras(Literatura Random House, Feb 2017)[7]
- 2018,The Blind Spot(MacLeHose Press) (English translation byAnne McLean,2018)
- 2019,Terra Alta(Even the Darkest Night) (English translation byAnne McLean,2022)
Notes[edit]
- ^Elected on 13 June 2024
References[edit]
- ^Clubcultura."Biografía"(in Spanish). Archived fromthe originalon 20 March 2015.Retrieved17 August2014.
- ^ABC (26 September 2012)."Javier Cercas: 'No soy independentista y no me gustan las aventuras'"(in Spanish).Retrieved17 August2014.
- ^"Javier Cercas in conversation".'SPAIN arts & culture' is the official website for the promotion of Spain's arts and culture in the USA.Retrieved2022-10-13.
- ^Gina Herrmann,Mass Graves on Spanish TV,essay inUnearthing Franco's Legacy, p.172, 2010
- ^"Arts Council England: Press release detail".2007-09-27. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-27.Retrieved2017-08-17.
- ^"Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature".
- ^El País (Spanish) http://cultura.elpais /cultura/2016/10/19/actualidad/1476900255_158077.html
External links[edit]
- Berlin Literature Festival BioArchived2013-10-21 at theWayback Machine
- The right to self destruction.Translation ofEl derecho a destruirsepublished in El País Semanal on 4-Dec-2005.
- Saying the right thing.Translation ofLa corrección de la incorrecciónpublished in EL PAIS SEMANAL - 29-01-2006.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Tierra de Trujillo
- Writers from Extremadura
- 20th-century Spanish novelists
- 21st-century Spanish novelists
- Spanish male novelists
- Spanish male essayists
- 20th-century Spanish essayists
- 21st-century Spanish essayists
- 20th-century Spanish male writers
- 21st-century Spanish male writers
- University of Girona alumni