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Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) [1] is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
Biography
Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. [2] He has written articles and literary essays for Spanish newspapers and television stations including Television de Galicia, El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El País, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast.
Work
As of 2017, Rivas has published 9 anthologies of poetry, 14 novels and several literature essays. He is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. His 1996 book ¿Que me queres, amor?, a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film A lingua das bolboretas La lengua de las mariposas ("Butterfly"). His 1998 novel O lapis do carpinteiro has been published in nine countries and is the most widely translated work in the history of Galician literature. It also was adapted to cinema as O lapis do carpinteiro.
Bibliography
Poems
- Libro de Entroido (1979)
- Balada nas praias do Oeste (1985)
- Mohicania (1987)
- Ningún cisne (1989)
- O pobo da noite (1996)
- Do descoñecido ao descoñecido. Obra poética (1980-2003) (2003)
- El pueblo de la noche y mohicania revisitada. (2004)
- A desaparición da neve. (2009)
- A boca da terra. (2015)
Novels
- Todo ben (1985)
- Un millón de vacas (1989), premio da Crítica
- Os comedores de patacas (1991)
- En salvaxe compaña (1994)
- ¿Qué me quieres, amor? (1996)
- Bala perdida (1997)
- O lapis do carpinteiro (1998) (" The Carpenter's Pencil" (2003))
- Ela, maldita alma (1999)
- A man dos paíños (2000)
- Galicia, Galicia (2001)
- As chamadas perdidas (2002)
- Contos de Nadal (2004)
- Os libros arden mal (2006) (" Books Burn Badly" (2010))
- Todo é silencio (2010) (" All is Silence" (2013))
- As voces baixas (2012) (" The Low Voices" (2017))
Essays
- "El bonsái atlántico" (1994)
- "El periodismo es un cuento" (1997)
- "Toxos e flores" (1999)
- "Galicia, Galicia" (2001)
Awards
- Galician Critics Prize
- Spanish National Narrative Prize
- Spanish Critic Prize
- Prize of the Belgian section of Amnesty International
- Torrente Ballester Prize
- Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente e o da Crítica Prize
- ONCE Prize - Galicia and Solidarity
- Xarmenta 2007
References
- ^ Rivas, Manuel (in Spanish) escritores.org, 27 November 2013
- ^ "La entrevista - Manuel Rivas". Radio y Televisión Española (in Spanish). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
External links
- Manuel Rivas bio and articles at El Pais
- Manuel Rivas interview Radio y Televisión Española 10 February 2010, 55 min (Spanish)
- Artigo provocado pola catástrofe do Prestige
- A commentary on the anthology of poems A desaparición da neve (Alfaguara, 12 Sept 2009) in French and Spanish
- O máis estraño, blog
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Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) [1] is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
Biography
Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. [2] He has written articles and literary essays for Spanish newspapers and television stations including Television de Galicia, El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El País, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast.
Work
As of 2017, Rivas has published 9 anthologies of poetry, 14 novels and several literature essays. He is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. His 1996 book ¿Que me queres, amor?, a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film A lingua das bolboretas La lengua de las mariposas ("Butterfly"). His 1998 novel O lapis do carpinteiro has been published in nine countries and is the most widely translated work in the history of Galician literature. It also was adapted to cinema as O lapis do carpinteiro.
Bibliography
Poems
- Libro de Entroido (1979)
- Balada nas praias do Oeste (1985)
- Mohicania (1987)
- Ningún cisne (1989)
- O pobo da noite (1996)
- Do descoñecido ao descoñecido. Obra poética (1980-2003) (2003)
- El pueblo de la noche y mohicania revisitada. (2004)
- A desaparición da neve. (2009)
- A boca da terra. (2015)
Novels
- Todo ben (1985)
- Un millón de vacas (1989), premio da Crítica
- Os comedores de patacas (1991)
- En salvaxe compaña (1994)
- ¿Qué me quieres, amor? (1996)
- Bala perdida (1997)
- O lapis do carpinteiro (1998) (" The Carpenter's Pencil" (2003))
- Ela, maldita alma (1999)
- A man dos paíños (2000)
- Galicia, Galicia (2001)
- As chamadas perdidas (2002)
- Contos de Nadal (2004)
- Os libros arden mal (2006) (" Books Burn Badly" (2010))
- Todo é silencio (2010) (" All is Silence" (2013))
- As voces baixas (2012) (" The Low Voices" (2017))
Essays
- "El bonsái atlántico" (1994)
- "El periodismo es un cuento" (1997)
- "Toxos e flores" (1999)
- "Galicia, Galicia" (2001)
Awards
- Galician Critics Prize
- Spanish National Narrative Prize
- Spanish Critic Prize
- Prize of the Belgian section of Amnesty International
- Torrente Ballester Prize
- Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente e o da Crítica Prize
- ONCE Prize - Galicia and Solidarity
- Xarmenta 2007
References
- ^ Rivas, Manuel (in Spanish) escritores.org, 27 November 2013
- ^ "La entrevista - Manuel Rivas". Radio y Televisión Española (in Spanish). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
External links
- Manuel Rivas bio and articles at El Pais
- Manuel Rivas interview Radio y Televisión Española 10 February 2010, 55 min (Spanish)
- Artigo provocado pola catástrofe do Prestige
- A commentary on the anthology of poems A desaparición da neve (Alfaguara, 12 Sept 2009) in French and Spanish
- O máis estraño, blog
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