Emilio Calderón

Emilio Calderón (* 1960 in Málaga ) is a Spanish writer and publisher .

Life

In 1980 Calderón began to study “film and photography”. But after just a few semesters, he went to the Universidad Complutense (UCM) in Madrid to study history ( early modern times ). Through this study he came to the Museo Arqueológico Municipal , where he was able to help catalog the holdings.

After successfully completing his studies, Calderón founded Editorial Cirene in Madrid in 1980 , in which many of his early publications appeared.

In 2003, Calderón spent some time in Rome , supported by a Valle Inclán grant .

Calderón currently (2011) lives as a writer and publisher in Madrid.

Honors

2008 Fernando Lara Prize for the novel El judío de Shanghai .
2009 Premio Planeta (novela finalista) for the novel La bailarina y el inglés .

Works (selection)

Books for children and young readers

Retrato de and detective enamorado . Anaya, Madrid 1997, ISBN 84-207-8270-X (Espacio abierto; 54).
El cielo encendido y otros misterios . Anaya, Madrid 2004, ISBN 84-667-3684-0 (El duende verte; 137).

Novels

The map of God. Roman ("El mapa del creador"). Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-26953-5 (translated by Luis Ruby).
- The map of God. Audio book . Abridged reading. Audio Media, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-86804-508-6 (6 CDs, read by Anke Susanne Hoffmann).
La bailarina y el inglés . Planeta, Barcelona 2009, ISBN 978-84-08-08924-7 .
The secret of Meissen. Historical novel ("El secreto de la porcelana"). List Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-60931-7 (translated by Maria Hoffmann-Dartevelle).
El judío de Shanghai . Planeta, Barcelona 2008, ISBN 978-84-08-08151-7 .

Non-fiction

Amantes y bastardos de los reyes de España . Editorial Cirene, Madrid 1993, ISBN 978-84-87721-12-0 .
Crímenes, Criminales y ejeccutados célebres . Editorial Cirene, Madrid 2009, ISBN 978-84-87721-08-3 .
El rey ha muerto . Editorial Cirene, Madrid 1991, ISBN 978-84-87721-05-2 (Argumentos; 2).

Individual evidence

↑ named after the Spanish writer Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936).

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personal data
SURNAME	Calderón, Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH	1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Málaga

[1] ter the Spanish writer Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936).