Artur Balder

Artur Balder on the set of Little Spain

Artur Balder (* 1974 in Alicante ) is a Spanish writer and film director .

biography

Balder studied music in Munich . In 2004 his first book La Piedra del Monarca was published . In the following years he published a trilogy of historical novels about Arminius and Hermann the Cheruscan. In 2010 the first volume about Widukind was published .

His first film is Little Spain about the former New York district of the same name .

Balder's biggest book success so far is the Curdy saga, a youth thriller.

Works

Filmography

2010: Little Spain
2013: Ciria pronounced Thiria

Historical novels

Teutoburg Saga :
- El último querusco . Inédita Editores, 2005. ISBN 84-96364-31-3
- Liberator Germaniae . Inédita Editores, 2006. ISBN 978-84-96364-49-3
- La Batalla del Destino , Inédita Editores, 2007. ISBN 978-84-96364-96-7
Widukind Saga :
- El Evangelio de la Espada . EDHASA, 2010. ISBN 978-84-350-6180-3

Youth novels

Curdy saga:
- La Piedra del Monarca . The Magic Rider, 2004. ISBN 84-934076-0-7
- Curdy y la Cámara de los Lores . Montena (Random House Mondadori), 2007. ISBN 978-84-8441-331-8
- Curdy y el Cetro de Carlomagno . Montena (Random House Mondadori), 2009. ISBN 978-84-8441-436-0

swell

Little Spain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Artur Balder triunfa en la narrativa infantil y debuta en la histórica Article in El País of June 10, 2006
Mondadori cree haber found in Artur Balder el JK Rowling español article in El Mundo of June 22, 2006
Ociojoven entrevista a Artur Balder. April 12, 2007, archived from the original on March 17, 2008 ; accessed on November 21, 2019 (Spanish, interview with Artur Balder at www.ociojoven.com).
Interview with Artur Balder on www.elfenomeno.com (Spanish)

Web links

Artur Balder (English)
Widukind (German)
Artur Balder: ARTUR BALDER. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013 (Spanish).; accessed on November 21, 2019

Individual evidence

^ David Valenzuela: Documentary Brings Manhattan's “Little Spain” to Big Screen. Latin American Herald Tribune, accessed November 21, 2019 .
↑ Andrea Aguilar: Un documental repasa la historia de Little Spain en la calle 14. In: Blogs Internacional. El País , November 18, 2010, accessed November 21, 2019 (Spanish).

personal data
SURNAME	Balder, Artur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alicante

[1] David Valenzuela: Documentary Brings Manhattan's “Little Spain” to Big Screen. Latin American Herald Tribune, accessed November 21, 2019 .

[2] Andrea Aguilar: Un documental repasa la historia de Little Spain en la calle 14. In: Blogs Internacional. El País , November 18, 2010, accessed November 21, 2019 (Spanish).