Ignacio Aldecoa
Ignacio Aldecoa (born July 24, 1925 in Vitoria-Gasteiz , † November 15, 1969 in Madrid ) was a Spanish writer .
Life
Ignacio Aldecoa grew up in a middle-class family in the Basque city of Vitoria. After graduating from the Colegio Santa María of the Marianists , he began in 1942 to study philosophy and literature at the University of Salamanca . In 1945 he moved to the Complutense University of Madrid , where, in addition to Jesús Fernández Santos , Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio , José María de Quinto , Alfonso Sastre , he met the writer Josefina Rodríguez , whom he married in 1952.
Aldecoa belongs to the 50s generation of writers who only saw the civil war as children and wrote in a neo-realistic style. His first stories appeared in magazines such as La Hora , Juventud and Haz y Alcalá . He published his first volumes of poetry, Todavía la vida (1947) and Libro de las algas (1949). In 1953 he received the Juventud magazine prize for his story Seguir de pobres . In 1954, his novel El fulgor y la sangre ( Eng . Shine and blood ) took second place at the Premio Planeta , his novel Gran Sol received the Premio de la Crítica in 1958. Ignacioa Aldecoa died in Madrid in 1969.
Works (selection)
- stories
- Arqueología. Relatos . Ediciones Rocas, Madrid 1961 (Colección Leopoldo Alas; 23).
- Caballo de pica . Taurus, Madrid 1961.
- El corazón y otros frutos amargos . Alianza, Madrid 1995, ISBN 84-206-4657-1 (reprint of the Madrid 1959 edition).
- Cuaderno de Godo . Editorial Arion, Madrid 1961.
- Espera de tercera clase. Narraciones . Ediciones Puerta del Sol, Madrid 1955.
- Neutral corner . Lumen, Madrid 1962.
- Los pájaros de Baden-Baden . Editorial Cid, Madrid 1965 (Colección Altor; 46).
- Pájaros y espantapájaros . Bullon, Madrid 1963 (Generaciones juntas; 7).
- Santa Olaja de Acero y otras historias . Alianza Editorial, Madrid 1968.
- La tierra de nadie y otros relatos . Salvat Ediciones, Madrid 1970.
- Vísperas del silencio . Taurus Editorial, Madrid 1955.
- Poetry
- Todavía la vida . 2nd edition Floral de Alava, Alava 1981, ISBN 84-500-4760-9 (attached: Libro de las algas ).
- Novels
- El aprendiz de cobrador . 1951.
- Shine and blood. Roman ("El fulgor y la sangre"). Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1961.
- Gran Sol. Roman ("Gran Sol"). Marebuch Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86648-057-5 .
- With the east wind. Roman ("Con el viento solano"). Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1963.
- Part de una historia. Novela . Alfaguera, Madrid 2003, ISBN 84-204-8178-5 (reprint of the Madrid 1967 edition).
- Los pozos. Roman (unfinished).
literature
- Robin W. Fiddian: Ignacio Aldecoa . Twayne, Boston, Mass. 1979, ISBN 0-8057-6370-8 ( Twayne's world authors series ; 529).
- Manuel García Viño: Ignacio Aldecoa . EPESA, Madrid 1972 (Grandes escritores contemporáneos; 60).
- Carmen Martín Gaíte: Esperando el porvenir. Homenaje a Ignacio Aldecoa . Editorial Siruela, Madrid 1994, ISBN 84-7844-259-6 .
- José L. Martín Nogales: Los cuentos de Ignacio Aldecoa . Editorial Catedra, Madrid 1984, ISBN 84-376-0475-3 .
- Ricardo Landeira (Ed.): Ignacio Aldecoa. A collection of critical essays . University Press, Laramie, Wyo. 1977.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ignacio Aldecoa in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Aldecoa, Ignacio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
DATE OF DEATH | 15th November 1969 |
Place of death | Madrid |