Julián Ríos

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Julián Ríos Fernández (* 1941 in Vigo ) is a postmodern writer who is considered to be one of the "most colorful and disturbing" of Spanish literature. He lives in Vétheuil near Paris . So far, his volume of short stories Hüte für Alice (1994) and the novel Love as Beautiful Art (2001) have been published in German.

Life and work

Born in 1941 in Vigo, Galicia , Ríos went to university in Madrid . Between 1966 and 1968 he wrote the volume of short stories Cortejo de sombras , but he waited for the “right moment” (ie until 2008) to be published. In the 1970s Ríos worked for the Fundamentos publishing house and was part of the Espiral u. a. Thomas Pynchon , John Barth and Severo Sarduy .

Ríos wrote his debut novel Solo a dos voces (1973) together with the Mexican writer Octavio Paz . They continued their collaboration with Teatro de signos, transparencias (1974), with Ríos taking over the text selection and editing .

Ríos became known with larva. Babel de una noche de San Juan (1983). Because of its “radical break with everything previously published”, this experimental novel stands out “as a deliberate attempt to create a Spanish replica of U [lysses]”. Ríos works with language games and neologisms , with intertextual references as well as with maps , images and Morse code . In addition, Larva was the beginning of a cycle in which the main characters Babelle, Emil Alias ​​and their mentor Reis reappear ( e.g. in Poundemonium , Monstruario , Casa Ulises ). As in many of his books, the plot is set in London , which Ríos regards as a "résumé of the universe, a kind of melting pot of different languages ​​and cultures".

In Poundemonium (1985) Ríos dealt with Ezra Pound ; Already in the title it alludes to the name of the American poet and links it to the capital of hell . In Sombreros Para Alicia (1993) hats play a central role; Numerous figures from world literature and the like appear in the 32 stories . a. the mad hatter from Alice in Wonderland , Moby Dick , Molly Bloom from Ulysses and Wilhelm Tell . Ríos worked with Julio Cortázar and Juan Goytisolo on the book Buñuel, una relación circular con Antonio Gálvez (1994) . He wrote Amores que atan o Belles lettres (1995) as an abecedarium . Epifanías sin fin (1995) was created from fragments of works by James Joyce . Published in 2009 Ríos the tragicomic novel Puente de Alma , who after his named bridge Pont de l'Alma in Paris and myths surrounding the death of Lady Di is based.

Works (selection)

  • 1973 Solo a dos voces (with Octavio Paz).
  • 1983 larva. Babel de una noche de San Juan .
  • 1985 Poundemonium .
  • 1989 Impresiones de Kitaj: la novela pintada .
  • 1993 Sombreros para Alicia .
  • 1995 Amores que atan o Belles lettres .
  • 1995 Epifanías sin fin .
  • 1999 Monstruario .
  • 2000 La vida sexual de las palabras .
  • 2001 New ideas for Alicia .
  • 2003 Casa Ulises .
  • 2008 Cortejo de sombras .
  • 2008 Quixote e hijos .
  • 2009 Puente de Alma .

Awards

  • 2010 Prix Laure-Batailon for Puente de Alma

Literature (selection)

  • Isabel Castells Molina, “Sobrevivir la novela: Cervantes y Julián Ríos”, in: España contemporánea: Revista de literatura y cultura , 12/1 (1999) ISSN  0214-1396 , pp. 21-44.
  • Elsa Dehennin, “'La vida sexual de las palabras' según Julián Ríos” (PDF), in: Actas del XII Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas 21-26 de agosto de 1995, Birmingham , Volume 5, University of Birmingham, 1998 ISBN 0-7044-1903-3 , pp. 64-71.
  • Carolyn A. Durham, “Masking and Unmasking the Subject (s): Julián Ríos's Puente de Alma”, in: L'Érudit franco-espagnol , No. 5 (2014), ISSN  2167-8340 , pp. 39-48.
  • John P. Gabriele, “The Never-ending Story: Postmodern Practice in Julián Ríos's Puente de Alma”, in: Ojáncano: revista de literatura española , No. 42 (2012) ISSN  0899-983X , pp. 23–40.
  • Stéphane Pagés (ed.), Julián Ríos, le Rabelais des letres espagnoles: lecture et découverte d'une oeuvre contemporaine . Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 2007, ISBN 978-2-85816-929-0 .
  • Stéphane Pagés, Analysis du discours dans "Larva" (1984) by Julian Rios: le jeu de l'ecriture, le jeu du roman. (Dissertation) Lille: Atelier National de Reproduction des Theses, 2000.

Web links

  • comprehensive bibliography at: cervantes.es, accessed on May 26, 2016 (PDF, Spanish).
  • Interviews with Julián Ríos:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ríos, Julián ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2014) at: galaxiagutenberg.com, accessed May 26, 2016 (Spanish). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.galaxiagutenberg.com
  2. ↑ Julian Rios Toutes les vies de Lady Di - Une visite à l'écrivain espagnol Julian Rios (2010) at: didier-jacob.blogs.nouvelobs.com, accessed on May 26, 2016 (French).
  3. ↑ JR Fernández de Cano, Ríos Fernández, Julián (1941-VVVV) at: mcnbiografias.com, accessed on May 26, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Julián Ríos, The Painting, Guernica (1997) at: guernicamag.com, accessed on May 26, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ a b Julián Ríos. Biografía at: cervantes.es, accessed on May 26, 2016 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Morisol Morales Ladrón, "Joycean Aesthetics in Spanish Literature" , in: Irish Migration Studies in Latin America 7/2 (July 2009), pp. 165–176 (English).
  7. ↑ Alexander Laurence, Julian Rios Interview (2014) on: portable-infinite.blogspot.de, accessed on May 26, 2016 (English).
  8. ↑ Julián Ríos. Premios at: cervantes.es, accessed on May 26, 2016 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Ríos, Julián
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ríos Fernández, Julián
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Vigo