Enrique Vila-Matas

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Enrique Vila-Matas (2005)

Enrique Vila-Matas (born March 31, 1948 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish writer .

Enrique Vila-Matas has written ten novels since 1973, as well as numerous short stories and essays, which have been translated into 39 languages ​​and have received multiple awards. Vila-Matas now lives and works in Barcelona. In France he was made Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2007 and Officier des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2013.

Works (selection)

  • Historia abreviada de la literatura portátil (1985).
    • Dada from the Suitcase - The Abbreviated History of Portable Literature . Translated from the Spanish by Orlando Grossegesse . Popa, Munich 1988.
  • Una casa para siempre (1988).
    • A House Forever - Memoirs of a Ventriloquist . Translated from the Spanish by Orlando Grossegesse. Popa, Munich 1989. ISBN 3-925-81817-0 .
  • Suicidios ejemplares (1991).
    • Model suicides . Translated from the Spanish by Veronika Schmidt. edition suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1995. ISBN 3-518-11969-9 .
  • Una estrecha tumba para tres ; in: Hijos sin hijos (1993).
    • A grave for three . In: Travelers on the wrong track . Five stories from Spain. Löwenzahnverlag, Innsbruck 1993. ISBN 978-3900521219 .
  • Extraña forma de vida (1997).
    • The strange coincidences of life . Translated from the Spanish by Petra Strien. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2002. ISBN 978-3-312-00305-1 .
  • Bartleby y compañia (2000).
    • Bartleby & Co . Translated from the Spanish by Petra Strien. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2001. ISBN 3-312-00288-5 .
  • El mal de Montano (2002).
    • Risks & side effects . Translated from the Spanish by Petra Strien. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2004. ISBN 3-312-00338-5 .
  • Paris no se acaba nunca (2003).
    • Paris has no end . Translated from the Spanish by Petra Strien. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2005. ISBN 3-312-00357-1 .
  • Doctor Pasavento (2005).
    • Doctor Pasavento . Translated from the Spanish by Petra Strien. Nagel & Kimche in Hanser Verlag, Munich 2007. ISBN 978-3-312-00402-7 .
  • Dublinesca (2010).
    • Dublinesk . Translated from the Spanish by Petra Strien. The Other Library, Berlin 2013. ISBN 9783847703419 .
  • Kassel no invita a la lógica (2014).
    • Kassel: a fiction . Translated from the Spanish by Petra Strien. The Other Library, Berlin 2017. ISBN 9783847703884 .

Essays

Prizes and awards

The author has received awards for some of his works. These include:

  • 2000: For Bartleby & co, the City of Barcelona Prize (Premio Ciudad de Barcelona), the Prix ​​du Meilleur livre étranger and the Prix ​​Fernando Aguirre-Libralire
  • 2001: For El viaje vertical the Premio Rómulo Gallegos
  • 2002: For El mal de Montano the Premio Herralde de Novela
  • 2003: For El mal de Montano the Spanish Critics' Prize ( Premio Nacional de la Critica ), the Prix ​​Médicis du livre étranger and the Premio del Círculo de Críticos de Chile
  • 2006: For El mal de Montano the Premio Internazionale Ennio Flaiano
  • 2006: For Doctor Pasavento the Premio Fundación Lara and the Prize of the Royal Spanish Academy ( Premio de la Real Academia Española )
  • 2007: For El viajero más lento the Premio Internazionale Elsa Morante
  • 2009: For Doctor Pasavento the Premio Internazionale Mondello Città di Palermo
  • 2010: Premio Leteo 2010 (León (España))
  • 2010: For Dublinesca the prix Jean Carrière Nimes
  • 2011: The Premio Bottari Lattes Grinzane for Dublinesca
  • 2012: For Aire de Dylan the premio Argital Bilbao
  • 2012: For Exploradores del abismo the Premio Gregory of Rezzori
  • 2015: The FIL Prize for his oeuvre

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SURNAME Vila-Matas, Enrique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona