Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa Explained

Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
Birth Name:Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
Birth Date:1936 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Occupation:Fiction writer, journalist, inventor, screenwriter, film director
Nationality:Spanish
Period:1953–present
Alma Mater:Escuela Oficial de Periodismo, Madrid
Notableworks:Tuareg (1980)
Awards:Historical Novel Prize Alfonso X El Sabio (2010)

Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa (born 11 October 1936 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands) is a Spanish novelist, inventor and industrialist.[1] His novels have sold over 25 million copies worldwide.[2] He is the owner of A.V.F.S.L, a desalinization company that uses a method of desalinization by pressure, invented by himself.[3]

Biography

Vázquez-Figueroa and his family fled from the Canary Islands to Africa during the Spanish Civil War. Since his youth, he visited the Sahara and described the culture of the desert region.[4] He also worked as a teacher of submarine and diving techniques on the school boat "Cruz del Sur" of the oceanologist Jacques Cousteau[5] He attended the studios of the Spanish; Castilian: Escuela Oficial de Periodismo de [[Madrid]] in a part of 1962 and worked in the Destino specials.[6] He was a war correspondent in La Vanguardia, for TVE (Televisión Española) and for the program Spanish; Castilian: A toda plana with de la Cuadra Salcedo and Silva. As a correspondent, he documented revolutionary wars in countries such as Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala.

He later wrote his first novel, Spanish; Castilian: Arena y viento (Sand and Wind), and in 1975, he published as many as 14 to 15 novellas such as Ébano. His other works include Tuareg, Spanish; Castilian: Ébano, and Spanish; Castilian: El perro as well as the sagas Spanish; Castilian: Cienfuegos, Spanish; Castilian: Bora Bora, Spanish; Castilian: Manaos and Spanish; Castilian: Piratas. His novel Tuareg was cinematized in 1984 by director Enzo G. Castellari.[7] His novel Iguana was cinematized in 1988 by Monte Hellman. His novel Garoé (the name of a sacred tree in the Canary Islands) won the 2010 Historical Novel Prize Alfonso X El Sabio, valued at €100,000.[2] He has also published an autobiography entitled Anaconda.[8]

He is also a screenwriter and film director and has made such films as Oro rojo.[9]

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Filmography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography . 5 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111216144709/http://albertovazquezfigueroa.com/biography.htm . 16 December 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. News: Alberto Vazquez Figueroa, who won the X Prize Historical Novel Alfonso X El Sabio with his novel "Garoé" . https://archive.today/20110713180524/http://en.lacerca.com/news/castilla_la_mancha/alberto_vazquez_figueroa_garoe-59547-1.html . dead . 13 July 2011 . 19 April 2010 . La Cerca . 27 May 2010 .
  3. News: Ana Antón . Vázquez Figueroa presenta su invento: desaladoras por presión natural que dan agua casi gratis . es . Unidad Editorial. 2019-11-13. El Mundo.
  4. http://www.alohacriticon.com/viajeliterario/article2381.html Vázquez-Figueroa, Alberto - Biografía, libros, citas y guía de cine
  5. Web site: Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa en diálogo con Íñigo Alfonso . 11 March 2016 . 2019-11-14 . Fundación Juan March . es .
  6. News: Vázquez-Figueroa analiza en Alicante la relación del coltán con la reactivación de la guerra del Congo . es . 2018-02-05 . 2019-11-14 . Diario Información . Grupo Prensa Ibérica Media .
  7. http://www.watchfreemovies.ch/watch-movies/1984/watch-tuareg-il-guerriero-del-deserto-106517/ Tuareg - Il guerriero del deserto
  8. Book: Martínez Rico, Eduardo . es . 67. Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa o la aventura . Plaza & Janés . 2004 . 9788401335273. 2019-11-14 .
  9. Web site: May 27, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080527181628/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/148011/Oro-Rojo/overview. Oro rojo. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Clarke Fountain. 2008. dead.

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