The Spanish writer was seventy. Among the books by him “Falling in love” and “Berta Isla” who in 2018 won the prize of the quality ranking of “La Lettura”
The Spanish writer Javier Marías has died. He was born in Madrid on 20 September 1951 he was also a translator, journalist and essayist. His most recent book was T.omás Nevinsonpublished this year by Einaudi: in the novel the co-star of the previous book returns, Bertha Island. The writer died on Sunday 11 September at the Quirón Clinic in Madrid, probably due to pneumonia for which he had been hospitalized.
Marías had received in career important international awards including the Bottari Lattes Grinzane International Prize, the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, the Prix Femina Etranger; in 2011 she also received the Nonino Prize.
Son of the Spanish philosopher Julián Marías, he spent part of his childhood in the United States, where his father taught. The writer has a degree in English Literature, worked as a translator, collaborating with various publications. Between 1983 and 1985 he taught Spanish Literature and Translation Theory in Great Britain (Oxford University) and in the United States (Wellesley College, Massachusetts).
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In Italy his books are published by Einaudi, among these we remember: The territories of the wolf (debut novel of 1971; arrived in Italy in 2013), The century (released in Spain in 1983, also translated in 2013), the novel The sentimental man (from 1993; in Italy in 1999), the stories While women sleep (1990; in Italy in 2014),
All souls (1989, in Italy in 1999), on his teaching experience at Oxford, a novel that made him known internationally; it’s still Such a white heart (1992; in Italy in 1996)The falls in love
(2011; in Italy in 2012),
Thus begins the evil (2014; in Italy in 2015) e
Bertha Island (2017; in Italy in 2018). With the latter novel in 2018 Marías won the prize of the quality ranking of «La Lettura».
In June of this year in Florence he received the Gregor von Rezzori prize for Tomás Nevinson, released in Spain in 2021. «One book at a time, Javier Marias – reads the motivation for recognition – has shown that the novel still has the power to bend this rhythm of the world, make it slow down to almost stop it. But it is not just a question of rhythm and not even the simple desire to go against the tide. Instead, it is the need for a different timethe time needed to dig deeper, almost a warning that reminds us to continue to cultivate broad thoughts ».
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