Fernando Aramburu Explained

Fernando Aramburu (San Sebastián, 1959) is a Spanish writer.^[1] He is the author of the novel Patria (English title: "Homeland"), which deals with terrorism in the Basque Country.^[2] His novels and poems have received important prizes: Tusquets, Vargas Llosa NH Prize, National Critics' Prize and National Prize for Narrative Writing.

Career

He graduated in Spanish Philology from University of Zaragoza and has been living and working as a lecturer in Spanish language in Germany since 1985.^[3] His 2006 novel Fuegos con limón described his youthful experiences in Grupo CLOC de Arte y Desarte, a surrealist group which published a magazine between 1978 and 1981.^[4] He won the Premio Tusquets de Novela in 2011 for his novel Años lentos,^[5] and the Premio Biblioteca Breve in 2015 for Ávidas pretensiones.^[6]

Works

• Fuegos con limón (Fires with Lemon) (won the Ramón Gómez de le Serna prize in 1997).
• Los ojos vacíos (Empty Eyes) (Euskadi Prize in 2001)
• El Trompetista del Utopia (The Trompetist of Utopia) (made into a film called Under the Stars)
• Bambi sin sombra (Shadowless Bambi)
• El artista y su cadaver (The Artist and his Corpse) (short prose writings)
• Vida de un piojo llamado Matías (Life of a louse called Matias) (children's book)
• No ser no duele (Not being does not hurt) (short stories)
• Los peces de la amargura (The Fish of Bitterness) (short stories; won the Mario Varga Llosa NH prize in 2006). Real Academia Prize, and Dulce Chacón Prize.
• Ávidas pretensiones (Avid Pretensions) (2014)
• Patria (Homeland) (2016). National Critics' Prize and National Prize for Narrative Writing.
• Autorretrato sin mí (Self-portrait without me) (2018)
• Los vencejos (The swifts) (2021)
• El niño (The child) (2024)

References

1. News: Fernando Aramburu, premio Nacional de Narrativa por 'Patria'. Cruz. Juan. 2017-10-17. El País. 2020-01-30. es. 1134-6582.
2. Web site: Migelez . Xabier . 2020-09-02 . Fernando Aramburu, autor de 'Patria', tras la polémica del cartel de HBO: "Me parece un desacierto" . 2023-11-13 . elconfidencial.com . es.
3. Web site: Fernando Aramburu - Departamento de Bibliotecas y Documentación del Instituto Cervantes . 2023-11-13 . www.cervantes.es.
4. News: Fuegos con limón: Fernando Aramburu . Ricardo . Senabre . ABC Cultural . Spanish . 20 December 1996 . 5 September 2018.
5. Web site: Fernando Aramburu, Premio Tusquets por su novela 'Años lento. 2011-11-29. La Vanguardia. es. 2020-01-30.
6. News: Fernando Aramburu gana el Biblioteca Breve con 'Ávidas pretensiones' . Fernando Aramburu Wins the Biblioteca Breve with 'Ávidas pretensiones' . . Barcelona . Spanish . 10 February 2014 . 5 September 2018 . 11 February 2014 . https://archive.today/20140211151704/http://www.lavanguardia.com/libros/20140210/54400112172/fernando-aramburu-biblioteca-breve-avidas-pretensiones.html . dead .

Sources

• (eus) Arinas, Txema (Berria 10/11/2016), 'Eppur si muove' Retrieved 25/08/2018.
• (es) Zaldua, Iban (https://vientosur.info/ 22 March 2017), «La literatura, ¿sirve para algo? Una crítica de Patria, de Fernando Aramburu». Retrieved 25/08/2018.
• Bedside stories No. 8. - NH Hoteles