Xurxo Borrazás Fariña (born 6 August 1963) is a Spanish writer in Galician and translator from English to Galician.

Biography

He was born in

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, and earned a degree in English philology from the

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. At this time, he began to write poetry, and then continued writing narrative fiction. He has translated ''

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(for Galaxia) and ''

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into Galician. His fiction has been defined as experimental and transgressive. Some of his novels have been translated into Spanish, English, Russian and Portuguese. Several stories have appeared in English in the anthology '' From the Beginning of the Sea'' published in

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by Foreign Demand. He has lectured at Spanish and British universities and writes articles on the fields of culture and politics for Galician press.

Works

Novels

* ''Cabeza de chorlito'' (1991) * ''Vicious'' (''Criminal'') (1994), English translation 2015 * ''Eu é'' (1996) * ''O desintegrista'' (1999) * ''Na maleta'' (2000) * ''Pensamentos Impuros'' (2002) * ''Ser ou non'' (2004) * ''Costa norte/ZFK'' (2008) * ''Covalladas. Prosa vertical'' (2010)

Short stories

Collections: * ''Contos malvados'' (1998), collection of 13 short stories * ''Brevedume'' (2019), collection of aphorisms

Non-fiction

* ''Arte e parte'' (2007), essays

Awards

* 1994 Premio de la Crítica de narrativa gallega, for ''Vicious'' * 1995 Premio San Clemente, for ''Vicious'' * 2001 Premio Antón Losada Diéguez in category Creación literaria, for ''Na maleta'' * 2008 Premio de la Crítica de Galicia in category Ensayo y Pensamiento, for ''Arte e parte''

References

External links

Author profile at Editorial GalaxiaText of "Blackbirds"Fragment in English from "Ser ou non""Paper on Minority Language Literature"La aldea muerta, novel, in Google booksBodyguard. A story in Litro magazine
1963 births Living people People from Bergantiños Spanish male writers Writers from Galicia (Spain) Galician translators Translators from English Translators to Galician Postmodern writers Galician-language writers {{Spain-translator-stub