Lorenzo Manuel Silva Amador (born 7 June 1966 in

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) is a Spanish award-winning writer. After earning a law degree at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, he worked as a lawyer from 1992 to 2002. He has written stories, articles and literary essays, but he is recognised primarily for his novels. One such novel, ''El alquimista impaciente'', won the

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in 2000, and has been filmed by the director Patricia Ferrera, premiering in 2002. This is the second novel in which two of his best known characters, the ''

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'' agents Sergeant Bevilacqua and Corporal Chamorro, make an appearance. Another of his novels, ''La flaqueza del bolchevique'', was the runner-up for the prize in 1997, and has been adapted into a movie by

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. The same novel was translated into English in 2013 with the title ''The Faint-Hearted Bolshevik''. In 2001, Silva conducted an interactive experiment of novel-writing through the website of Círculo de Lectores, in which he proposed for each chapter three possible endings that were put to popular vote. The experiment was a success, and the resulting novel, ''La isla del fin de la suerte'', was published in traditional format. In October 2012, he was awarded the

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for ''La Marca del meridiano''.

Works

Novels

* * * Translated into English in 2013 by Nick Caistor and Isabelle Kaufeler with the title * First volume in the Bevilacqua series * * * Second volume in the Bevilacqua series * * * Third volume in the Bevilacqua series * * Fourth volume in the Bevilacqua series * Fifth volume in the Bevilacqua series * * * Sixth volume in the Bevilacqua series * * Seventh volume in the Bevilacqua series. * Eighth volume in the Bevilacqua series. * * Ninth volume in the Bevilacqua series. * In collaboration with Noemí Trujillo. * * Eleventh volume in the Bevilacqua series. * 1st novel with inspector Manuela Mauri. In collaboration with Noemí Trujillo. * Twelfth volume in the Bevilacqua series. * Under the pseudonym Patricia . * * Thirteenth volume in the Bevilacqua series. * 2nd novel with inspector Manuela Mauri. In collaboration with Noemí Trujillo. * * 3rd novel with inspector Manuela Mauri. In collaboration with Noemí Trujillo.

Short stories

* 21 short stories. * 3 short stories. * 103 short stories. * 4 short stories. * * 42 short stories.

Non-fiction

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Children's and young adult fiction

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Honours

* ''La flaqueza del bolchevique'' - Short-listed for the

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, 1997. * ''El lejano país de los estanques'' - Winner of El Ojo Crítico, 1998. * ''El alquimista impaciente'' - Winner of the

, 2000. * ''Laura y el corazón de las cosas'' - Winner of the Premio Destino Infantil-Apel·les Mestres, 2002. * ''Carta blanca'' - Winner of Premio Primavera de Novela, 2004. * ''Sereno en el peligro'' - Winner of Premio Algaba de Ensayo, 2010. * ''La marca del meridiano'' - Winner of

, 2012.

References

External links

Writer's home pageForum about the writerInterview of Lorenzo Silva in ''Anika Entre Libros''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Lorenzo 1966 births Living people Writers from Madrid Spanish novelists Spanish male novelists Complutense University of Madrid alumni