CWA KAA Gold Dagger
1回登壇
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第48回（2002年） Winner
José Carlos Somoza Ortega
ホセ・カルロス・ソモサ・オルテガ
Jose Carlos Somoza Ortega
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1959-11-13 （Havana, Cuba）
- 国籍
- Spanish
- 言語
- Spanish
- 居住地歴
- Havana, Cuba — birthplace and early childhood → Spain — residence after family exile
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Playwright, Scriptwriter
- 活動期間
- 1994年〜
- ノミネート
- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (shortlisted), Nadal Prize (finalist)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | 学士（精神医学） | — | — |
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学位:
学士（精神医学）
Holds a bachelor's degree in psychiatry; gave up medical practice in 1994 to become a full-time writer.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Second Gabriel Sijé Short Story Award | Planos | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Margarita Xirgu Prize (radio drama) | Langostas | — | Radio Exterior de España / Ibero-American Cooperation Institute | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Cervantes Theater Award (INAEM) | Miguel Will | — | INAEM | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Café Gijón Award | La ventana pintada | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Nadal Prize (finalist) | Dafne Desvanecida | — | — | 最終候補 |
| 2001 | Fernando Lara Novel Award | Clara and the Penumbra | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Hammett Prize | Clara and the Penumbra | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | CWA Gold Dagger (The Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction) | The Cave of Ideas (The Athenian Murders) | — | Crime Writers' Association | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Flintyxan Award (best historical crime novel) | The Cave of Ideas (The Athenian Murders) | — | Association of Swedish Novel Writers | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Premio Celsius 232 (special mention) | The Key of the Abyss | — | Semana Negra de Gijón | 特別言及 |
| 2007 | Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja | The Key of the Abyss | — | — | 受賞 |
Second Gabriel Sijé Short Story Award
1994
対象作品:
Planos
結果:
受賞
Margarita Xirgu Prize (radio drama)
1994
対象作品:
Langostas
主催:
Radio Exterior de España / Ibero-American Cooperation Institute
結果:
受賞
Cervantes Theater Award (INAEM)
1997
対象作品:
Miguel Will
主催:
INAEM
結果:
受賞
Café Gijón Award
1998
対象作品:
La ventana pintada
結果:
受賞
Nadal Prize (finalist)
2000
対象作品:
Dafne Desvanecida
結果:
最終候補
Fernando Lara Novel Award
2001
対象作品:
Clara and the Penumbra
結果:
受賞
Hammett Prize
2002
対象作品:
Clara and the Penumbra
結果:
受賞
CWA Gold Dagger (The Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction)
2002
対象作品:
The Cave of Ideas (The Athenian Murders)
主催:
Crime Writers' Association
結果:
受賞
Flintyxan Award (best historical crime novel)
2004
対象作品:
The Cave of Ideas (The Athenian Murders)
主催:
Association of Swedish Novel Writers
結果:
受賞
Premio Celsius 232 (special mention)
2007
対象作品:
The Key of the Abyss
主催:
Semana Negra de Gijón
結果:
特別言及
Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja
2007
対象作品:
The Key of the Abyss
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第6回（2007年） Winner
作品
代表作
Planos
1994年 Short fiction / experimentalAn early short piece; one of the works marking his initial steps as a writer.
identityboundaries between fiction and reality
The Cave of Ideas / The Athenian Murders
2000年 Detective fiction / MetafictionA metafictional detective novel in which ancient Athenian mysteries intertwine with a contemporary investigation; notable for its self-referential devices and reflections on reading and authorship.
classical antiquitynarrative structurepuzzles / mystery-solving
翻訳
- The Athenian Murders (English translation)
Clara and the Penumbra / The Art of Murder
2001年 Crime fiction / SuspenseA psychologically driven suspense novel that received critical acclaim and several awards.
memoryguilt and responsibilitypsychological analysis
翻訳
- The Art of Murder (English translation)
The Key of the Abyss
2007年 Science fiction / Fantasy-tinged novelA novel incorporating science-fictional and fantastical elements; received a special mention at Premio Celsius and won a municipal novel prize.
human existencetechnology and ethicsfantasy
全著作
- Planos (1994)
- El silencio de Blanca (1996)
- Miguel Will (1997) — play
- Cartas de un asesino insignificante (1999)
- La ventana pintada (1999)
- La caverna de las ideas (2000) — The Athenian Murders (English)
- Dafne desvanecida (2000)
- Clara y la penumbra (2001)
- La dama número trece (2003)
- La caja de marfil (2004)
- El detalle (three short novels) (2005)
- Zig Zag (2006)
- Fantasmas de papel (2007)
- La llave del abismo (2007)
- El cebo (2010)
- Tetrammeron: Los cuentos de Soledad (2012)
- La cuarta señal (2014)
- Croatoan (2015)
- El origen del mal (2018)
- Estudio en negro (2019)
- El signo de los diez (2022)
作品の翻訳
- La caverna de las ideas → The Athenian Murders
- Clara y la penumbra → The Art of Murder
- Zig Zag → Zig Zag (English)
作風・主題
- 文体
- A self-referential style blending detective fiction and metafictionContemporary narrative with emphasis on psychological description
- 頻出モチーフ
- labyrinths / cavesmemory and identityoverlap of text and realityreferences to classical antiquity
評価・遺産
Internationally recognized for connecting detective fiction with metafiction; recipient of multiple international awards and an influential figure in contemporary Spanish-language mystery writing.
豆知識
- Born in Havana in 1959; family moved to Spain in 1960 due to exile.
- Holds a degree in psychiatry but left medicine in 1994 to devote himself to writing.
- La caverna de las ideas (The Athenian Murders) gained international recognition and won the CWA Gold Dagger.