Alberto Manguel
Alberto Adrián Manguel (born March 13, 1948 in Buenos Aires ) is a writer, literary lecturer, translator and editor from Argentina .
Life
Alberto Manguel is the son of Pablo Manguel , the first Argentine ambassador to Israel, and his wife Rosa Finkelstein. He spent the first years of his life there. Manguel is a Canadian citizen and lived for a long time in Mondion (France) with his partner Craig Stephenson, a psychoanalyst . He is the author of non-fiction and novels. Between 1964 and 1968 Manguel was among other things a reader for the blind Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges . Manguel has been director of the Argentine National Library since December 2015 .
Works in German (selection)
- with Gianni Guadalupi: From Atlantis to Utopia. A guide to the imaginary settings of world literature. Christian, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-88472-064-3 .
- A story of reading. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-353-01101-3 .
- In the seventh circle. Rowohlt TB, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3-499-22599-9 .
- In the mirror realm. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2000, ISBN 3-499-22780-0 .
- Reading pictures: a story of love and hate. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2002, ISBN 3-499-23199-9 .
- Stevenson under palm trees. A metaphysical crime story. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 978-3-10-047750-7 .
- Diary of a reader. Fischer TB, Frankfurt 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-15943-7 .
- The library at night. S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2005, ISBN 978-3-10-048750-6 .
- Alberto Manguel on Homer, Iliad and Odyssey. dtv, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-423-34569-9 .
- All people lie. S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-10-048757-5 .
- A city of words. Fischer TB, Frankfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-18429-3 .
- Two lovers of the shadow. S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2013, ISBN 978-3-10-048755-1 .
- Übers. Achim Stanislawski: A story of curiosity. S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2016, ISBN 978-3-10-048758-2 ( Curiosity , engl.)
- Übers. Amelie Thoma: Longing Utopia. A journey through five centuries. Folio, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85256-758-7 ( Voyage en utopies , French)
Awards (selection)
- 2017 Premio Formentor de las Letras
- 2018 Gutenberg Prize of the City of Mainz
Web links
Commons : Alberto Manguel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Alberto Manguel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alberto Manguels homepage
- The king of readers Ulrich Greiner visits the author
- Alberto Manguel at culturebase.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ SWR Aktuell: Manguel receives Gutenberg Prize . In: swr.online . ( swr.de [accessed on June 23, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manguel, Alberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manguel, Alberto Adrián (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine-Canadian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |