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Rafael Chirbes


Born
in Valencia, Spain
June 27, 1949

Died
August 15, 2015

Genre
Fiction

Influences
Max Aub, Marcel Proust, Benito Pérez Galdós, Balzac, Carmen Martín Gai ...more


Rafael Chirbes (Tabernes de Valldigna, Valencia, 27 de junio de 1949 - 15 de agosto de 2015) fue un escritor y crítico literario español, ganador del Premio Nacional de la Crítica en 2007 y en 2014.

Desde los ocho años estudió en colegios de huérfanos de ferroviarios. A los 16 se fue a Madrid, donde estudió Historia Moderna y Contemporánea. Vivió en Marruecos (donde fue profesor de español), París, Barcelona, La Coruña, Extremadura, y en el año 2000 regresó a Valencia. Se dedicó a la crítica literaria durante algún tiempo y posteriormente a otras actividades periodísticas, como las reseñas gastronómicas (en la revista Sobremesa) y los relatos de viajes.

Su primera novela, Mimoun (1988), quedó finalista del Premio Herralde y su obra La larga ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 5,590 ratings · 664 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors
En la orilla
3.73 avg rating — 1,207 ratings — published 2013 — 33 editions
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Crematorio
3.79 avg rating — 1,056 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions
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La buena letra
4.10 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 1992 — 25 editions
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La larga marcha
4.05 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1996 — 13 editions
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Los disparos del cazador
3.76 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1993 — 15 editions
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La caída de Madrid
3.77 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions
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Mimoun
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3.58 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
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Los viejos amigos
3.71 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions
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El año que nevó en Valencia
3.94 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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Mediterráneos
3.46 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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“Y bebo el agua salada del pozo que guarda mi sudor.”
― Rafael Chirbes, En la orilla
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“Far better to be in places where words do what you want them to and where blood doesn’t smell because it’s set down in ink on the page; history”
― Rafael Chirbes, On the Edge
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“As the poet says: We sing what we have lost. She’s”
― Rafael Chirbes, On the Edge
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