Fernando Aramburu
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Fernando Aramburu (
San Sebastián San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián (, ), is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, from the France–Spain border ...
, 1959) is a Spanish writer. He is the author of the novel '' Patria'' (English title: "Homeland"), which deals with terrorism in the Basque Country. His novels and poems have received important prizes: Tusquets, Vargas Llosa NH Prize, National Critics' Prize and National Prize for Narrative Writing.


Career

He graduated in Spanish Philology from
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and has been living and working as a lecturer in
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in
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since 1985. His 2006 novel ''Fuegos con limón'' described his youthful experiences in ''Grupo CLOC de Arte y Desarte'', a surrealist group which published a magazine between 1978 and 1981. He won the
Premio Tusquets de Novela Premio Tusquets de Novela is a literary prize promoted by the Spanish Tusquets Editores, for writers in Spanish language. First awarded in the 2005 Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. The prize consists of a financial award, which in ...
in 2011 for his novel ''Años lentos'', and the
Premio Biblioteca Breve The Premio Biblioteca Breve is a literary award given annually by the publisher Seix Barral (now part of Grupo Planeta) to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. Its prize is €30,000 and publication of the winning work. It is delivered in ...
in 2015 for ''Ávidas pretensiones''.


Works

* ''Fuegos con limón (Fires with Lemon)'' (won the Ramón Gómez de le Serna prize in 1997). * ''Los ojos vacíos (Empty Eyes)'' (Euskadi Prize in 2001) * ''El Trompetista del Utopia (The Trompetist of Utopia)'' (made into a film called ''Under the Stars'') * ''Bambi sin sombra (Shadowless Bambi)'' * ''El artista y su cadaver (The Artist and his Corpse)'' (short prose writings) * ''Vida de un piojo llamado Matías (Life of a louse called Matias)'' (children's book) * ''No ser no duele (Not being does not hurt)'' (short stories) * ''Los peces de la amargura (The Fish of Bitterness)'' (short stories; won the Mario Varga Llosa NH prize in 2006). Real Academia Prize, and Dulce Chacón Prize. * ''Ávidas pretensiones (Avid Pretensions)'' (2014) * '' Patria (Homeland)'' (2016). National Critics' Prize and National Prize for Narrative Writing. * ''Autorretrato sin mí (Self-portrait without me)'' (2018) * ''Los vencejos (The swifts)'' (2021) * ''El niño (The child)'' (2024)


References


Sources

* (eus) Arinas, Txema (''Berria'' 10/11/2016)
'Eppur si muove'
Retrieved 25/08/2018. * (es) Zaldua, Iban (https://vientosur.info/ 22 March 2017), «La literatura, ¿sirve para algo? Una crítica de Patria, de Fernando Aramburu». Retrieved 25/08/2018. * Bedside stories No. 8. - NH Hoteles {{DEFAULTSORT:Aramburu, Fernando Spanish male writers Living people 1959 births People from San Sebastián