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Días de diario
Del 10 de julio al 11 de noviembre de 2005. De Madrid a Nueva York. Días de diario es el relato de un fragmento de la vida de Antonio Muñoz Molina. Fechado en la época en que estaba escribiendo El viento de la Luna, este diario arroja luz sobre el proceso de gestación y redacción de la novela, a la vez que, con una llamativa humildad, nos regala un esbozo de cotidianidad. Hábitos, reflexiones, paisajes, presencias y ausencias conforman un día a día convertido, en estas páginas, en un testimonio literario de primer orden.
«La lectura apasiona porque el texto va en pos de otro texto, y, a través de él, en pos del ser del autor; en esta búsqueda todos podemos reconocernos, y, cuando el autor halle su rostro revivido en la novela que escribe, sabremos que, con él, también nosotros hemos ido en pos de nosotros mismos. Por ser, en un doble sentido, “de diario”, habrán sido, precisamente, días extraordinarios.» Pere Gimferrer.
«La lectura apasiona porque el texto va en pos de otro texto, y, a través de él, en pos del ser del autor; en esta búsqueda todos podemos reconocernos, y, cuando el autor halle su rostro revivido en la novela que escribe, sabremos que, con él, también nosotros hemos ido en pos de nosotros mismos. Por ser, en un doble sentido, “de diario”, habrán sido, precisamente, días extraordinarios.» Pere Gimferrer.
84 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Antonio Muñoz Molina
133 books600 followersAntonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He currently resides in New York City, United States. In 2004-2005 he served as the director of the Instituto Cervantes of New York.
He was born in the town of Úbeda in Jaén province.
He studied art history at the University of Granada and journalism in Madrid. He began writing in the 1980s and his first published book, El Robinsón urbano, a collection of his journalistic work, was published in 1984. His columns have regularly appeared in El País and Die Welt.
His first novel, Beatus ille, appeared in 1986. It features the imaginary city of Mágina — a re-creation of his Andalusian birthplace — which would reappear in some his later works.
In 1987 Muñoz Molina was awarded Spain's National Narrative Prize for El invierno en Lisboa (translated as Winter in Lisbon), a homage to the genres of film noir and jazz music. His El jinete polaco received the Planeta Prize in 1991 and, again, the National Narrative Prize in 1992.
His other novels include Beltenebros (1989), a story of love and political intrigue in post-Civil War Madrid, Los misterios de Madrid (1992), and El dueño del secreto (1994).
Margaret Sayers Peden's English-language translation of Muñoz Molina's novel Sepharad won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize in 2004. He won the Jerusalem Prize in 2013.
He is married to Spanish author and journalist, Elvira Lindo.
He was born in the town of Úbeda in Jaén province.
He studied art history at the University of Granada and journalism in Madrid. He began writing in the 1980s and his first published book, El Robinsón urbano, a collection of his journalistic work, was published in 1984. His columns have regularly appeared in El País and Die Welt.
His first novel, Beatus ille, appeared in 1986. It features the imaginary city of Mágina — a re-creation of his Andalusian birthplace — which would reappear in some his later works.
In 1987 Muñoz Molina was awarded Spain's National Narrative Prize for El invierno en Lisboa (translated as Winter in Lisbon), a homage to the genres of film noir and jazz music. His El jinete polaco received the Planeta Prize in 1991 and, again, the National Narrative Prize in 1992.
His other novels include Beltenebros (1989), a story of love and political intrigue in post-Civil War Madrid, Los misterios de Madrid (1992), and El dueño del secreto (1994).
Margaret Sayers Peden's English-language translation of Muñoz Molina's novel Sepharad won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize in 2004. He won the Jerusalem Prize in 2013.
He is married to Spanish author and journalist, Elvira Lindo.
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