Enrique Vila-Matas ( Spanish: Enrique Vila-Matas ; born March 31, 1948 , Barcelona ) is a Spanish writer, one of the most popular, recognized and original Spanish authors of our day.
Biography
Born in Catalonia . Eighteen-year-old debuted in the press. From 1968 he worked as an editor in the movie magazine Fotogramas , removed two short films. Passed military service. In 1974 he moved to Paris , where he lived in the former workshop of the Mines and where he was friendly-guarded by Marguerite Duras (he later described his experience in the book Paris never ends , 2003 ). He returned to Barcelona after the death of Franco .
Creativity
The prose of Vila Matas is fragmentary , it is always a kind of literary game, mystification, inventive drawing. It balances between fiction and fact, a novel and an essay, often referring to a favorite prose writer who does not fit into the venerable classics or the modern mainstream. Among the samples most significant for him in this regard are the life and work of Robert Walser .
In Spanish-language literature, the books of Vila Matas that do not fit into the literary canons are compared with the works of such authors as Roberto Bolagno and Cesar Ira.
Artwork
Novels
- Mujer en el espejo contemplando el paisaje ( 1973 )
- La asesina ilustrada ( 1977 , reprint 2005 )
- Al sur de los párpados ( 1980 )
- Nunca voy al cine ( 1982 )
- Impostura ( 1984 )
- Historia abreviada de la literatura portátil ( 1985 )
- Una casa para siempre ( 1988 )
- Suicidios ejemplares ( 1991 )
- Hijos sin hijos ( 1993 )
- Recuerdos inventados ( 1994 )
- Lejos de Veracruz ( 1995 )
- Extraña forma de vida ( 1997 )
- El viaje vertical ( 2000 , Romulo Gallegos Award, filmed in 2008 )
- Bartleby y compañía ( 2001 , Barcelona Award, French Award for Best Foreign Book)
- El mal de Montano ( 2002 , Spanish Criticism Award, Medici Award for Best Foreign Book, Ennio Flyano International Award)
- París no se acaba nunca ( 2003 )
- Doctor Pasavento ( 2005 , Royal Spanish Academy Award, Mondello Award)
- Exploradores del abismo ( 2007 )
- Dietario voluble ( 2008 )
- Dublinesque ( 2010 )
- Aire de Dylan ( 2012 )
Essays
- El viajero más lento ( 1992 , Elsa Morante International Award)
- El traje de los domingos ( 1995 )
- Para acabar con los números redondos ( 1997 )
- Desde la ciudad nerviosa ( 2000 , reprint 2004 )
- Extrañas notas de laboratorio ( 2003 , reprint 2007 )
- Aunque no entendamos nada ( 2003 )
- El viento ligero en Parma ( 2004 )
- De l'imposture en littérature ( 2008 , in French).
Publications in Russian
- Such a strange life / Transl. with Spanish N. Bogomolova. - M .: Foreigner , 2005 .-- 191 p.
- Bartleby and Company / Transl. with Spanish N. Bogomolova. - M .: Foreigner, 2007 .-- 234 p.
- Dublinque / Per. with Spanish L.D. Lubomirsky . - M .: Publishing house "E" , 2015. - 352 p.
Recognition
Vila Matas’s books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Knight of the Legion of Honor ( 2007 ). Formentor International Literature Award ( 2014 ).
Interesting Facts
He established the Order of Finnegans - admirers of the novel by Joyce Ulysses . Members of the Order whenever possible hold the annual Bloomsday in Dublin .
Literature
- Enrique Vila-Matas: Grand Séminaire de Neuchâtel. Coloquio Internacional Enrique Vila-Matas 2-3 de diciembre de 2002. Madrid: Arco / Libros; Neuchâtel: Universidad de Neuchâtel, Centro de Investigación de Narrativa Española, 2007 (proceedings of the International Colloquium)
- Vila-Matas portátil: un escritor ante la crítica / Margarita Heredia, ed. Canet de Mar: Editorial Candaya, 2007