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Rafael Chirbes - Wikipedia

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Rafael Chirbes
Rafael Chirbes (2008)
Born	(1949-06-27)June 27, 1949 Tavernes de la Valldigna, Spanish State
Died	August 15, 2015(2015-08-15) (aged 66) Beniarbeig, Spain
Occupation	Writer, literary critic
Genre	Novel, essay
Notable awards	Preis der SWR-Bestenliste^[1] (1999) Premio Cálamo^[2] (2003)

Rafael Chirbes (27 June 1949 – 15 August 2015) was a Spanish novelist.^[3] He was born in Tavernes de la Valldigna in Valencia. He is the author of several novels, two of which have won the Premio de la Crítica de narrativa castellana - Crematorio (2007) and En la orilla (2013). The latter also won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa.

Chirbes is further known for his trilogy of novels dealing with postwar Spain (La larga marcha, La caída de Madrid and Los viejos amigos). He also wrote several collections of essays.^[4]

His 2007 novel Crematorio was made into an acclaimed television series in 2011.

Works

Novels

Mimoun (1988)
En la lucha final (1991)
La buena letra (1992)
Los disparos del cazador (1994)
La larga marcha (1996)
La caída de Madrid (2000)
Los viejos amigos (2003)
Crematorio (2007). Cremation, trans. Valerie Miles (New Directions, 2021).
En la orilla (2013). On the Edge, trans. Margaret Jull Costa (New Directions, 2016).
París-Austerlitz (2016)

Essays

Mediterráneos (1997)
El novelista perplejo (2002)
El viajero sedentario (2004)
Por cuenta propia (2010)

References

^ "1999: Rafael Chirbes: "Der lange Marsch" und "Die schöne Schrift"" (in German). SWR. 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
^ "Rafael Chirbes y Juan José Saer, premios Cálamo de literatura" [Rafael Chirbes and Juan José Saer, winners of the Calamo Literature Prize] (in Spanish). El Periódico. 2004-01-24. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
^ "Muere el escritor Rafael Chirbes" (in Spanish). El País. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
^ "Rafael Chirbes - Ed. Anagrama". Anagrama. Retrieved 2015-08-12.

External links

Rafael Chirbes at IMDb
Media related to Rafael Chirbes at Wikimedia Commons

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