Francisco Umbral
Francisco Umbral , actually Francisco Pérez Martínez (born May 11, 1932 in Madrid , † August 28, 2007 there ), was a Spanish columnist and one of the most famous contemporary writers in Spain.
Life
Umbral began his journalistic work in Valladolid for the newspaper El Norte de Castilla . Between 1960 and 1988 he worked a. a. for the magazines Vida mundial and Gaceta illustrada as well as for the newspaper El País ; from 1989 he wrote for the daily newspaper El Mundo . Umbral also emerged as a versatile writer and published more than a hundred books. The spectrum of his literary work included novellas , erotic stories, poetry (Crimenes y Baladas) , contemporary historical novels (El Giocondo) , non-fiction (Trilogía de Madrid) and much more
In 1996 Umbral was awarded the prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize and in 2000 the most important literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, the Cervantes Prize.
Works (selection)
- Capital del dolor , Planeta, Barcelona, 1996, ISBN 84-08-01788-8
- Crimenes y balades. Antologia , Ed. Olcades, Cuenca 1981
- La forja de un ladrón , Planeta, Barcelona 1997, ISBN 84-08-02214-8
- El Giocondo , Planeta, Barcelona 1985, ISBN 84-320-8276-7
- Larra. Anatomia de un dandy , Visor Libros, Madrid 1999, ISBN 84-7522-803-8
- Memorias borbónicas , Planeta, Barcelona 1993, ISBN 84-08-00132-9
- Los metales nocturnos , Planeta, Barcelona 2003, ISBN 84-08-04949-6
- Mortal y pink , Ed. Cátedra, Madrid 2001, ISBN 84-376-1329-9
- La ninfas , Ed. Destino, Barcelona 1976, ISBN 84-233-0939-8
- la señoritas de Aviñón , Planeta, Barcelona 1995, ISBN 84-08-01270-3
- Trilogia de Madrid , Planeta, Barcelona 1999, ISBN 84-08-03067-1
Remarks
- ^ Caballé, Anna: Francisco Umbral. El frío de una vida , Espasa-Calpe, 2004, p.69. ISBN 978-84-670-1308-5 .
literature
- Anna Caballé: Francisco Umbral. El frio de una vida , Espasa Calpe, Madrid 2004, ISBN 84-670-1308-7
- Maria P. Celmar (Ed.): Francisco Umbral , Universidad, Valladolid 2003, ISBN 84-8448-223-5
- Javier Villán: Francisco Umbral. La escritura absoluta , Espasa Calpe, Madrid 1996, ISBN 84-239-7823-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Francisco Umbral in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
- Literature by and about Francisco Umbral in the catalog of the German National Library
- Francisco Umbral in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Francisco Umbral in the catalog of the library of the Instituto Cervantes in Germany
- Francisco Umbral as Asturienpreisträger (English)
- "Spain's successful author Francisco Umbral is dead" Die Zeit , August 28, 2007
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Umbral, Francisco |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pérez Martínez, Francisco (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish journalist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 2007 |
Place of death | Madrid |