Adolfo Camilo Díaz
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Adolfo Camilo Díaz López (Caborana
, Aller
, Asturias
, 1963) is a Spanish writer in asturian language
. He is specially known as a playwright and author of short novels. He had achieved some of the most important prizes of the Asturian literature, as the Xosefa Xovellanos of novel (twice, in 1985 and 1995) or the short novel prize of the Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
. In 1979 he founded the experimental theatre group "Güestia", where he met Xuan Bello
. The group was dissolved, and become a rock band with the same name, publishing a disc named Inaux. Later, in 1984, he formed up the drama collective "Amorecer", that played some spectacles. The most important one was El suañu la razón ('The Reason's Dream'), of 1985, based on texts of Goethe
, Franz Kafka
, Manuel Martínez Mediero as well as some of his own texts.
He worked as a cultural entertainer in the municipalities of Carreño
and Corvera
and, since 2004, he is the cultural director of the city council of Avilés
. He is also part of the Administration Council of the Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias
.
He founded the literature magazine "Al Bellume" (published between 1986 and 1989). Besides, he collaborates usually with newspapers as La Nueva España
and Les Noticies
) and he had published 17 books until now, most of them narrative or theater ones. He is also the asturian translator of some works of José Viale Moutinho and Jules Verne
.
Caborana
Caborana is a village and parish in Aller, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.-Villages:...
, Aller
Aller
The Aller is a river, long, in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is a right-hand, and hence eastern, tributary of the River Weser and is also its largest tributary. Its last form the Lower Aller federal waterway...
, Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
, 1963) is a Spanish writer in asturian language
Asturian language
Asturian is a Romance language of the West Iberian group, Astur-Leonese Subgroup, spoken in the Spanish Region of Asturias by the Asturian people...
. He is specially known as a playwright and author of short novels. He had achieved some of the most important prizes of the Asturian literature, as the Xosefa Xovellanos of novel (twice, in 1985 and 1995) or the short novel prize of the Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
Life
Adolfo Camilo Díaz studied History in the University of OviedoUniversity of Oviedo
The University of Oviedo is a public university in Asturias . It's the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres.-History:...
. In 1979 he founded the experimental theatre group "Güestia", where he met Xuan Bello
Xuan Bello
Xuan Bello Fernán is a poet and one of the best known contemporary Asturian writers.-Poetry:In 1982, at barely 16 years old, he published his first book of poems in Asturian, Nel cuartu mariellu...
. The group was dissolved, and become a rock band with the same name, publishing a disc named Inaux. Later, in 1984, he formed up the drama collective "Amorecer", that played some spectacles. The most important one was El suañu la razón ('The Reason's Dream'), of 1985, based on texts of Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
, Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
, Manuel Martínez Mediero as well as some of his own texts.
He worked as a cultural entertainer in the municipalities of Carreño
Carreño
Carreño is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its capital is Candás.- History :Almost everywhere in...
and Corvera
Corvera de Asturias
Corvera de Asturias is a municipality in the principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It shares a boundary to the north with Avilés and Gozón; to the east with Carreño and Gijón; to the south with Llanera and Illas and to the west with Castrillón...
and, since 2004, he is the cultural director of the city council of Avilés
Avilés
Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than...
. He is also part of the Administration Council of the Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias
Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias
Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias is a public broadcasting company within the Asturias created in 2005. It consists of two divisions Televisión del Principado de Asturias and Radio del Principado de Asturias . RTPA began regular television broadcasts in mid-2006 for the entire region of...
.
He founded the literature magazine "Al Bellume" (published between 1986 and 1989). Besides, he collaborates usually with newspapers as La Nueva España
La Nueva España
La Nueva España is a daily newspaper in Spain. Published in Oviedo, it's the tenth-largest newspaper by circulation in Spain, and the largest in Asturias, with a daily circulation of 57,000.-External links:...
and Les Noticies
Les Noticies
Les Noticies is a weekly newspaper founded in Asturias in 1996. It is the only newspaper written entirely in Asturian.It has nearly 20,000 readers and a weekly circulation of 5.000 newspapers.It is owned by Ambitu editions....
) and he had published 17 books until now, most of them narrative or theater ones. He is also the asturian translator of some works of José Viale Moutinho and Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
.
Books published
- Narrative:
- Añada pa un güeyu muertu ('Lullaby for a Dead Eye', Xosefa Xovellanos prize) (1985). Principáu d'Asturies. ISBN 84-505-3871-8
- L’otru Sherlock Holmes ('The Other Sherlock Holmes', with Vicente García Oliva and Rafael Mijares) (1986). Azucel.
- Pequeña lloba enllena d’amor ('Little Wolf Full of Love') (short novel prize of the Academia de la Llingua Asturiana) (1988). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. ISBN 84-600-5318-0
- Miénteme, dime la verdá ('Lie to Me, Tell me the Truth') (1989). Azucel. ISBN 84-86546-08-7
- L’home que quería ser estatua ('The Man who Wanted to Be a Statue') (1991). Azucel. ISBN 84-86546-30-3
- Diariu de viaxe ('Diary of a Journey', Xosefa Xovellanos prize) (1995). Principáu d'Asturies. ISBN 84-7847-428-5
- El vientre del círculu ('The Circle's Belly') (1996). Editora del Norte. ISBN 84-88660-38-3
- Venus, Occidente y otros cuentos éticos ('Venus, Occident and some Other Ethical Short Stories') (1997). Trabe. ISBN 84-8053-191-6
- Nunca nun te fíes de la xente que nun enseña los dientes al rise ('Don't Trust Anyone Who Doesn't Show his Teeth when Smiling') (1998). Atenéu Obreru de Xixón. ISBN 84-87958-32-X
- Nueche ('Night') (2002). Ámbitu. ISBN 84-95640-27-9
- Suañé Cabu Verde. Nunca ye endemasiao tiempu ('I dreamed Cape Verde. Time is Never Too Much') (2003). Ámbitu. ISBN 84-95640-51-1
- Young adult literature
- Blugás (Prímula I) (1993). Trabe. ISBN 84-8053-025-1
- Theatre:
- Psicokiller ('Psycho-killer') (1993). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. ISBN 84-86936-98-5
- País. Una traxicomedia asturiana ('Country. An Asturian Tragical Comedy') (2004). Madú. ISBN 84-95998-41-6
- Monologue
- Nelón y el sexu sentíu (y otros socedíos) ('Nelón and the Sex Sense (and some Other Facts)') (2002). Trabe. ISBN 84-8053-223-8
- Essay:
- Pentimento I (1992). Azucel. ISBN 84-86546-33-8
- El cine fantaterrorífico español : una aproximación al género fantaterrorífico en España a través del cine de Paul Naschy ('Fantasterrific Spanish Cinema: Approximation to Fantastic and Terror Films Using Paul NaschyPaul NaschyPaul Naschy was a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures—the wolfman, the hunchback, Count Dracula, the mummy—have earned him recognition as the Spanish Lon Chaney...
's Movies', in spanish languageSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) (1993). Santa Bárbara. ISBN 84-604-6979-4 - El teatru popular asturianu ('Asturian Popular Theatre') (2002). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. ISBN 84-8168-312-4
- Journalism:
- In articulo mortis (articles) (2005). Madú. ISBN 84-95998-53-X
- Translations:
- José Viale Moutinho: Mázcares venecianes (1989). Aína.
- José Viale Moutinho: Cuentos fantásticos (with Xandru FernándezXandru FernándezXandru Fernández is an Asturian language writer. He is one of the most prolific authors of the second generation of the Surdimientu...
) (1992). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. ISBN 84-86936-68-3 - Jules Verne: L’eternu Adán (1992). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. ISBN 84-86936-85-3
- José Viale Moutinho: Nombres de árboles quemados (in Spanish language) (1993). Ateneo Obrero de Gijón. ISBN 84-87958-10-9
- Paul ValéryPaul ValéryAmbroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath...
: El cementeriu marín (2003). Trabe. ISBN 84-8053-164-9 - Raúl Vallarino: Los suaños del delanteru centru (2003). Trabe. ISBN 84-8053-208-4
External links
- Library of asturian writers Bibliography (until 1998) and a fragment of L'home que quería ser una estatua (in Asturian language)
- Interview with Adolfo Camilo Díaz (in Asturian language)