José Carlos Somoza
José Carlos Somoza (born November 13, 1959 in Havana ) is a Spanish writer .
Somoza is a psychiatrist by profession. He has lived in Spain since 1960. For his novel Clara (Clara y la penumbra) ( ISBN 3-548-60405-6 ) he received the Premio Fernando Lara literary prize in 2001 and the prestigious Hammett Prize a year later . In Sweden he was awarded the Flintyxan in 2004 for the novel Idéernas grotta (Original: La caverna de las ideas , Eng . The riddle of the philosopher ) .
His detective novel Das Rätsel des Philosophen (La caverna de las ideas) ( ISBN 3-546-00221-0 ), "The Ivory Box", "The Thirteenth Lady" and the science thriller Das Einstein Project have also been published in Germany .
Web links
- Literature by José Carlos Somoza in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
- Literature by and about José Carlos Somoza in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about José Carlos Somoza in the catalog of the library of the Instituto Cervantes in Germany
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| SURNAME | Somoza, José Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana |