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Juan García Rodenas
Juan García Rodenas (born 28 December 1976, in Albacete) is a Spanish writer. Since 1996, García Rodenas has published his works in literary fanzines and magazines. He has written essays, articles, and poems, but he’s well known for his genre novels. His work ''Baladas que no canta el Diablo (El Libro de las Moscas)'' (Ballads the Devil Doesn’t Sing - The Book of Flies) was a finalist in the II Premio de Novela Negra Rodrigo Rubio in 1998. The novel ''Perritos'' (Little Dogs) won the V Premio de Novela de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 2000. His most popular character is inspector Serrano, a Spanish occult detective, that appears in García Rodenas' saga ''La Saga de la Ciudad Oscura'' (Dark City Saga), an eight-novel story that mixes crime and horror with mystery and supernatural. Bibliography *''Baladas que no canta el Diablo (El Libro de las Moscas)''. Diputación de Albacete. Albacete.1998. *''Versos de tornillo II''. Ediciones Ayvelar. Albacete. 2000. *''Perri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baladas Que No Canta El Diablo (El Libro De Las Moscas)
Balada may refer to: *Balada or baladesc, an Occitan literary genre related to dansa *Balada, a village in the municipal term of Sant Jaume d'Enveja, Spain *Leonardo Balada (born 1933), Catalan American composer *"Balada romántica", as Latin ballad is known in Spanish *Balada (song), "Balada" (song), a 2012 Portuguese song by Gusttavo Lima See also * Balad (other) *Ballad (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Rubio
Rodrigo () is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name ''Roderick'' (Gothic ''*Hroþareiks'', via Latinized ''Rodericus'' or ''Rudericus''), given specifically in reference to either King Roderic (d. 712), the last Visigothic ruler or to Saint Roderick (d. 857), one of the Martyrs of Córdoba (feast day 13 March). The modern given name has the short forms ''Ruy, Rui'', and in Galician ''Roy, Roi''. The patronymic surname of this name is "'' Rodríguez''". The name is very frequently given in Portugal; it was the most popularly given masculine name in 2011–2012, and during 2013–2016 ranked between 4th and 2nd most popular. It is also moderately popular in Spain, ranking between 30th and 60th most popular during 2002–2015. History The form ''Rodrigo'' becomes current in the later medieval period. It is recorded in the ''Cantar de Mio Cid'', written c. 1200, as the name of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043–1099, known as ''El Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Politécnica De Madrid
The Technical University of Madrid or sometimes called Polytechnic University of Madrid (, UPM) is a public university, located in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging different Technical Schools of Engineering and Architecture, originating mainly in the 18th century. Over 35,000 students attend classes during the year. According to the annual university ranking conducted by '' El Mundo'', the Technical University of Madrid ranks as the top technical university in Spain, and second overall. The majority of its Engineering Schools are consistently ranked as leading academic institutions in Spain in their fields, and among the very best in Europe. The UPM is part of the TIME network, which groups fifty engineering schools throughout Europe. History The Technical University of Madrid (UPM) was founded in 1971, although the majority of its Centres are over hundreds of years old and were founded in the 18th and 19th centuries. Each of them maintained the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspector Serrano
Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it. Australia The rank of Inspector is present in all Australian police forces except for the Northern Territory. Where it exists, it is generally the next senior rank from Senior Sergeant, and is the lowest commissioned rank. Uniformed officers of this rank wear epaulettes with three pips, matching a Captain in the army. In addition to the general rank of inspector, some police forces use other ranks such as detective inspector and district inspector. Austria In Austria a similar scheme was used as in Germany. At some point the police inspector was completely removed from the list of service ranks. The current police service has an inspectors service track with ''Inspektor'' being the entry level – it is followed by ''Revierinspektor'' (precinct inspector), ''Gruppeninspektor'' (group inspector), ''Bezirksinspektor'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occult Detective
Occult detective fiction is a subgenre of detective fiction that combines the tropes of the main genre with those of supernatural, fantasy and/or horror fiction. Unlike the traditional detective who investigates murder and other common crimes, the occult detective is employed in cases involving ghosts, demons, curses, magic, vampires, undead, monsters and other supernatural elements. Some occult detectives are portrayed as being psychic or in possession of other paranormal or magical powers. History Literature Fitz James O’Brien’s character Harry Escott is a contender for first occult detective in fiction. A specialist in supernatural phenomena, Escott investigates a ghost in "The Pot of Tulips" (1855) and an invisible entity in "What Was It? A Mystery" (1859). The narrator of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novella "The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain" (1859) is another student of the supernatural who probes a mystery involving a culprit with paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Saga De La Ciudad Oscura
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer *Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A Lady A, known until 2020 as Lady Antebellum, is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2006. The group is composed of Hillary Scott (lead and background vocals), Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals, guitar ..., an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings *La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
