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Ray Loriga

レイ・ロリガ

Rei Roriga

Aliases: Jorge Loriga Torrenova
Pen Names: Ray Loriga（Pen name used for writing）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-03-05 （Madrid）
Nationality
Spanish
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Madrid

Career

Occupations
writer, film director, screenwriter
Active Years
1992-2024

Awards

Alfaguara Prize
2017
Work: Rendición
Organization: Alfaguara
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Lo peor de todo

1992 novel

His first novel.

youth

Héroes

1993 novel

My Brother's Gun

1995 novel

Adapted into a film.

Adaptations
  • [film] My Brother's Gun / Ray Loriga (1997)
Translations
  • English edition available

Bibliography

  • Lo peor de todo (1992)
  • Héroes (1993)
  • My Brother's Gun (1995)
  • Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore (1999)
  • Trífero (2000)
  • The Man Who Invented Manhattan (2004)
  • I Only Speak of Love (2008)
  • Za Za, the Emperor of Ibiza (2014)
  • Surrender (2017)
  • Saturday, Sunday (2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Generation X literature

Legacy

Spanish contemporary writer, winner of the Alfaguara Prize.

Trivia

  • Former spouse is Christina Rosenvinge.