Fernando Aramburu
Fernando Aramburu (* 1959 in San Sebastián ) is a Spanish writer , poet and translator.
Life
The author studied Spanish philology in Saragossa , has lived in Hanover since 1984 and initially worked as a Spanish teacher. Since 2009 he has only written books and articles for Spanish newspapers. He is married and has two daughters.
For his novel Ávidas pretensiones , Aramburu received the Premio Biblioteca Breve in 2014 . He attracted a lot of attention with his novel Patria (2016), which was awarded the “Premio nacional de narrativa”, the “Premio de la crítica” and the “ Premio Strega Europeo ”. The novel sold more than 800,000 times in Spain (as of early 2019) and has been translated into around twenty languages. The story takes place in the Basque Country and deals with the terror of the ETA ( Euskadi Ta Askatasuna ) and the reconciliation of perpetrators and victims. The novel is being filmed as a series by HBO España.
Works
Novels
- Fuegos con limón (Lime Fire), 1996 (Ramón Gómez de le Serna Prize 1997)
- Los ojos vacíos (Empty Eyes), 2000 (Euskadi Prize 2001)
- El Trompetista del Utopia (The Trumpeter of Utopia), 2003 (Part 1 of the Trilogía de Antíbula ; filmed as Under the Stars )
- Bambi sin sombra , 2005 (part 2 of the Trilogía de Antíbula )
- Años lentos (Slow Years), 2012 (Premio Tusquets 2011)
- La gran Marivián , 2013 (part 3 of the Trilogía de Antíbula )
- Ávidas pretensiones , 2014
- Patria , 2016
Short prose and children's books
- No ser no duele , 1997 (short stories)
- El artista y su cadaver (The artist and his corpse), 2002 (short prose)
- Vida de un piojo llamado Matías , 2004 (children's book)
- Los peces de la amargura , 2006 (short stories; Premio Mario Vargas Llosa NH 2006)
Works in German
- Lime fire. Translated from the Spanish by Ulrich Kunzmann. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3-608-93427-4 .
- Patria. Translated from Spanish by Willi Zurbrüggen . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-498-00102-5 .
- Slow years. Translated from Spanish by Willi Zurbrüggen. Rowohlt, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-498-00104-9 .
Translations
- El brezal de Brand by Arno Schmidt . Ed. Laetoli, Pamplona 2006
- Montauk by Max Frisch . Editorial Laetoli, Pamplona 2006
- Obras completas by Wolfgang Borchert . Editorial Laetoli, Pamplona 2007
- Hermanos de sangre by Ernst Haffner . Seix Barral, Barcelona 2015
- La matanza de Rechnitz. Historia de mi familia by Sacha Batthyany . Seix Barral, Barcelona 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Fernando Aramburu in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Fernando Aramburu in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Short biography and reviews of works by Fernando Aramburu at perlentaucher.de
- Fernando Aramburu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview about the novel Patria - in the taz on January 27, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Long Shadow of Terror , In: Neue Presse, accessed January 17, 2018.
- ↑ A Moralist Who Doesn't Moralize , faz.net, accessed January 10, 2019.
- ↑ "We are all victims!" , In: Spiegel Online, accessed on January 17, 2018.
- ↑ HBO España encarga su primera series: la adaptación de Patria, In: fotogramas.es, accessed on January 17, 2018
- ^ Fernando Aramburu gana el premio Tusquets 2011. In: Republica.com. November 29, 2011, Retrieved May 3, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ XI Premio Mario Vargas Llosa NH awarded for short stories. In: Börsenblatt. July 12, 2007, accessed May 3, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aramburu, Fernando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish writer, poet and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Donostia-San Sebastian , Spain |