Premio Azorín de Novela (Azorín Prize for Best Novel)
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1997) Winner
Jesús Ferrero
ヘスス・フェレーロ
Jesús Ferrero
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-01-01 （Zamora province）
- Nationality
- Spain
- Languages
- Spanish
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Zaragoza → Paris → Madrid
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1981-2024
- Influenced By
- Javier Marías, Antonio Muñoz Molina
- Influenced
- Julio Llamazares, Javier Cercas, Andrés Trapiello
- Nominations
- Fundación José Manuel Lara Prize finalist 2004
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Zaragoza | Faculty of Literature | Literature | — | — | Spain |
| École des hautes études en sciences sociales | — | Ancient Greek history | — | — | France |
University of Zaragoza
Faculty of Literature
/ Literature
Country:
Spain
Studied literature
École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Ancient Greek history
Country:
France
Studied ancient Greek history
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Barcelona City Prize | Bélver Yin | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Plaza y Janés Prize | El Efecto Doppler | — | Plaza y Janés | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Azorín Prize | El último banquete | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Anagrama Prize | Las experiencias del deseo. Eros y misos | エッセイ | Anagrama | 受賞 |
Barcelona City Prize
1981
Work:
Bélver Yin
Result:
受賞
Plaza y Janés Prize
1990
Work:
El Efecto Doppler
Organization:
Plaza y Janés
Result:
受賞
Azorín Prize
1997
Work:
El último banquete
Result:
受賞
Anagrama Prize
2009
Work:
Las experiencias del deseo. Eros y misos
Category:
エッセイ
Organization:
Anagrama
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bélver Yin
1981 NovelChinese-set debut novel, one of the most successful in post-Franco Spanish literature.
Eclectic intertextuality
El Efecto Doppler
1990 NovelProtagonist Darío deciphers clues after Rosaura's suicide at a Paris dinner.
Limits of perceptionLove story
El diablo en los ojos
1998 NovelLeo Salgado films his family's disintegration with a camera.
Family disintegrationCruelty of observation
Juanelo o el hombre nuevo
2000 Novel16th-century Toledo fantasy about a golem-like artificial human.
DestructionRebirth of myths
Bibliography
- Bélver Yin (1981)
- Opium (1986)
- Río amarillo (Poetry 1986)
- Lucrecia Temple: Encuentro en Berlín (1987)
- Negro sol (Poetry 1987)
- Lady Pepa (1988)
- Débora Blenn (1988)
- Ah, mira la gente solitaria (Poetry 1988)
- El Efecto Doppler (1990)
- La era de la niebla (1990)
- Alis el Salvaje (1991)
- Los reinos combatientes (1991)
- Pekín de la Ciudad Prohibida (1991)
- El secreto de los dioses (1993)
- Las veinte fugas de Básil (1995)
- Amador o la narración de un hombre afortunado (1996)
- Ulaluna (1997)
- El último banquete (1997)
- El diablo en los ojos (1998)
- Juanelo o el hombre nuevo (2000)
- Zirze piernas largas (2002)
- Las Trece Rosas (2003)
- Ángeles del abismo (2005)
- Las fuentes del Pacífico (2008)
- Las experiencias del deseo. Eros y misos (2009)
- Balada de las noches bravas (2010)
- El hijo de Brian Jones (2012)
- La noche se llama Olalla (2013)
- Doctor Zibelius (2014)
Adaptations
- Matador (co-wrote screenplay with Pedro Almodóvar)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Eclectic intertextualityPrecise languageModernization of classical narrative patterns
- Recurring Motifs
- Rebirth of old mythsBanal everyday stories20th-century utopias
Legacy
Key figure in post-Franco Spanish prose, associated with La Movida Madrileña, known for novels on historical memory.