Ray Loriga

Ray Loriga (2014)

Ray Loriga (actually: Jorge Loriga Torrenova ; born March 5, 1967 in Madrid ) is a Spanish author and director.

Loriga's debut novel Lo peor de todo , about a young failure, was published in 1992. He made his directorial debut in 1997 with La Pistola de mi hermano . The script he wrote is based on his fourth novel Caídos de cielo .

Loriga also works as a screenwriter for other directors . He co-wrote Pedro Almodóvar's Carne trémula and wrote the screenplay for Carlos Sauras El séptimo día .

Loriga has two sons from a previous relationship with the musician and actress Christina Rosenvinge . After a long stay in New York City, he lives again in Madrid.

In 2017, Loriga received the prestigious Premio Alfaguara de Novela for his novel Rendición .

Works (selection)

• It couldn't be worse . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3-499-13999-5 (Original title: Lo peor de todo .).
• Tokyo doesn't love us anymore . A-1-Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-927743-51-8 (Original title: Tokio ya no nos quiere .).
• Trífero . A-1-Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-548-60411-0 (Original title: Trífero .).

Filmography (selection)

As a director

• 1997: My brother's pistol ( La Pistola de mi hermano )
• 2007: Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo

As a screenwriter

• 1997: Live Flesh - With skin and hair ( Carne trémula )
• 1997: My brother's pistol ( La Pistola de mi hermano )
• 2004: El séptimo día
• 2007: The Anarchist's Wife ( La Mujer del anarquista )

Web links

• Literature by and about Ray Loriga in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ray Loriga in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Calendar sheet for March 5th on arslonga.de , accessed on January 14th, 2009
2. ↑ My brother's pistol on prisma-online.de , accessed on November 9, 2016
3. ↑ Portrait of the author of the A-1 publishing house , accessed on January 14, 2009
4. ↑ Review of Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore: Don't Speak, Memory (English)