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Javier Cercas

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Spanish writer, journalist and professor (born 1962)
In thisSpanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cercas and the second or maternal family name is Mena.
Javier Cercas
Cercas in 2019
Born
Javier Cercas Mena

1962 (age 62–63)
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversity of Girona
Occupation(s)Professor, writer
Notable workSoldiers of Salamis;The Speed of Light;The Impostor
AwardsIndependent Foreign Fiction Prize;European Book Prize
SeatR of theReal Academia Española
Assumed office
24 November 2024[a]
Preceded byJavier Marías

Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962) is a Spanish writer and professor ofSpanish literature at theUniversity of Girona, Spain. Awards he has won for his novels include theIndependent Foreign Fiction Prize forSoldiers of Salamis (translated byAnne McLean), and theEuropean Book Prize forThe Impostor (translated byFrank Wynne).

Biography

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Javier Cercas was born inIbahernando,Cáceres, Spain.[1][2] He is a frequent contributor to theCatalan edition ofEl País and the Sunday supplement. He worked for two years at theUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign inIllinois, United States.[3]

He is part of a group of well-known Spanish novelists who have published "historical memory" fiction, focusing on theSpanish Civil War andFrancoist state, includingJulio Llamazares,Andrés Trapiello, andJesús Ferrero.[4]

Soldiers of Salamis (translated byAnne McLean) won theIndependent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2004.[5] McLean's translations of his novelsThe Speed of Light andOutlaws were also shortlisted for theInternational Dublin Literary Award, in 2008 and 2016 respectively.

During the 2014–15academic year, he was the Weidenfeld Visiting Professor of European Comparative Literature atSt Anne's College atOxford, England.[6] He was awarded the 2016European Book Prize forThe Impostor.

Bibliography

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  • 1987,El móvil
  • 1989,El inquilino (The Tenant and the Motive) (English translation, 2005)
  • 1994,La obra literaria de Gonzalo Suárez
  • 1997,El vientre de la ballena
  • 1998,Una buena temporada
  • 2000,Relatos reales
  • 2001,Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis) (English translation byAnne McLean, 2004)
  • 2005,La velocidad de la luz (The Speed of Light) (English translation by Anne McLean, 2006)
  • 2009,Anatomía de un instante (The Anatomy of a Moment) (English translation by Anne McLean, 2011)
  • 2012,Las leyes de la frontera (published asOutlaws)(English translation by Anne McLean, 2014)
  • 2014,El Impostor [es] (The Impostor) (English translation byFrank Wynne, 2017)
  • 2017,El monarca de las sombras (Lord of All the Dead) (English translation by Anne McLean, 2020)
  • 2018,The Blind Spot (MacLehose Press) (English translation by Anne McLean, 2018)
  • 2019,Even the Darkest Night (Terra Alta I) (English translation by Anne McLean, 2022)
  • 2021,Independencia (Terra Alta II)
  • 2022,El castillo de Barbazul (Terra Alta III)

Notes

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  1. ^Elected on 13 June 2024

References

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  1. ^Clubcultura."Biografía" (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved17 August 2014.
  2. ^ABC (26 September 2012)."Javier Cercas: 'No soy independentista y no me gustan las aventuras'" (in Spanish). Retrieved17 August 2014.
  3. ^"Javier Cercas in conversation".'SPAIN arts & culture' is the official website for the promotion of Spain's arts and culture in the USA. Archived fromthe original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved2022-10-13.
  4. ^Gina Herrmann,Mass Graves on Spanish TV, essay inUnearthing Franco's Legacy, p.172, 2010
  5. ^"Arts Council England : Press release detail". 2007-09-27. Archived fromthe original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved2017-08-17.
  6. ^"Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature".

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[1] He was elected in 1900 but never took the seat;[2] He was elected in 1904 but never took the seat;[3] He was elected in 1918 but never took the seat
[1] He/she was elected but is pending to take the seat
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