Antonio Gómez Rufo professionally known simply as Gómez Rufo (born 1954 in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

) is a Spanish writer. Gómez achieved a law degree at the

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, he graduated in 1977 and between 1979 and 1983 he worked as a lawyer. In 1984 he began working as a screenwriter and poet for books. His debut was in 1984 when he wrote his first book entitled ''El último goliardo''. He wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film ''París Tombuctú'' (which starred

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). In 2005 Gómez won the

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for ''El secreto del rey cautivo''.

Books

* ''El último goliardo'' (1984) * ''Natalia'' (1988) * El carnaval perpetuo (1992) * Aguas tranquilas, aguas profundas (1992) * Crónica de nadie (1992) * El Club de los Osos Traviesos (1993) * La leyenda del falso traidor (1994) * Un gato en el desván (1995) * Las lágrimas de

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(1996) * Si tú supieras (1997) * El desfile de la victoria (1999) * El alma de los peces (2001) * Los mares del miedo (2002) * Adiós a los hombres (2004) * El secreto del rey cautivo (2005) * El señor de

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(2006) * Balada triste en

(2006) * La noche del tamarindo (2008) * La abadía de los crímenes (2011) * La más bella historia de amor de Paula Cortázar (2012)

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1954 births Living people Writers from Madrid Spanish male screenwriters Spanish reporters and correspondents Complutense University of Madrid alumni {{Spain-journalist-stub