Antonio Muñoz Molina

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Antonio Muñoz Molina in Cologne (reading by the Bittner bookstore)
Reading from the book "The Night of Memories" in Cologne, September 16, 2011

Antonio Muñoz Molina (born January 10, 1956 in Úbeda , Andalusia ) is a Spanish writer .

Life

Muñoz Molina studied journalism in Madrid and art history in Granada . In 1988 and 1992 he received the Spanish State Prize for Literature ( Premio Nacional de Novela ) and in 1991 the Premio Planeta , the most important Spanish literary prize, for the novel The Polish Rider . In 1995, Muñoz Molina was accepted into the Royal Academy of Language and Poetry ( Real Academia Española ). For 2013 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Jerusalem Prize .

Muñoz Molina currently lives in New York City , where he headed the Instituto Cervantes (Cervantes Institute) until 2006 .

Works (selection)

  • Beatus Ille (1986)
  • Winter in Lisbon ( El invierno en Lisboa , 1987)
  • Code name Beltenebros ( Beltenebros , 1989)
  • The Polish Horseman ( El jinete polaco , 1991)
  • City of the Caliphs ( Córdoba de los omeyas , 1991)
  • The secrets of Madrid ( Los misterios de Madrid , 1992)
  • The eyes of a murderer ( Plenilunio , 1997)
  • Carlota's Lover ( Carlota Fainberg , 1999)
  • Sepharad (2001)
  • Siesta with Blanca ( En ausencia de Blanca , 2001)
  • Moon wind ( El viento de la Luna , 2006), ISBN 978-3-499-25656-1 .
  • Ventanas de Manhattan (2006)
  • The night of memories . Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 2011. ISBN 978-3-421-04499-0 ( La noche de los tiempos . 2009)
  • Todo lo que era sólido . Seix Barral, Barcelona 2013, ISBN 978-84-322-1544-5 .
  • Como la sombra que se va . Barcelona: Seix Barral, 2014

literature

  • Rita Nierich, Peter B. Schumann: Spain in the construction swamp. Authors about the state-threatening crisis in their country . In: Romance Studies , No. 1 (2015), pp. 253–266 ( online ).
  • Pablo Valdivia: Procesos de escritura en Beatus Ille (1986): primer estudio del “Archivo Personal de Antonio Muñoz Molina” (Arch. AMM / 5/1) . In: Romance Studies , No. 5 (2016), pp. 61–88 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jesús Arias “Antonio Muñoz Molina gana el Premio Nacional de Narrativa por 'El jinete polaco'” El País (1992). https://elpais.com/diario/1992/06/06/cultura/707781601_850215.html
  2. ↑ Ediciones El País: Antonio Muñoz Molina gana el Planeta con "una ficción en forma autobiográfica" . In: El País . October 16, 1991, ISSN  1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed December 19, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Ediciones El País: El escritor Antonio Muñoz Molina se convierte en el académico más joven . In: El País . June 9, 1995, ISSN  1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed December 19, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Desarrollado con webControl CMS by Intermark Tecnologías: Antonio Muñoz Molina - Premiados - Premios Princesa de Asturias. Retrieved December 19, 2018 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Muñoz Molina, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Úbeda