Gregorio Morales
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Gregorio Morales is a Spanish
novelist.
Gregorio Morales represents a movement named quantum aesthetics
that aims to look at human difficulties of all ages from a new perspective that solely derives from modern sciences such as particle physics
, astronomy
or psychology
. In this way, Puerta del Sol (The Sun Door) (2002) is about love and genre violence. These themes are developed in a plot in which the boy representing the main character, faces the great assassin that he himself will be; and the adult murderer will face the little boy he was. These actions occur in a turbulent simultaneity of time and space. In Nómadas del Tiempo (Nomads of Time) (2005), Morales deals with the same problems, but this time inquires whether love is necessarily bound to age and space. He develops the story by having two couples travel to parallel dimensions, in which they change their ages and circumstances.
Although it may not seem so at first glance, quantum aesthetics
has no relation with science fiction
. The latter emphasizes different realities, while authors like Gregorio Morales are more interested in understanding humankind. This does not mean that they do not write about virtual worlds as in the case of Ptawardya in Morales’novel Nómadas del Tiempo (Nomads of Time).
Morales has also written essays, the most important of which is El Cadáver de Balzac (Balzac’s Corpse) (1998), in which – with respect to the great French novelist - Morales censures repetition and defends a new paradigm that will discover mystery to the readers making it a part of their daily lives. This book was basic for the foundation of The Quantum Aesthetics Movement, that spread throughout the world , and appeared in the United States of America as The World of Quantum Culture (2002), whose first chapter "Overcoming the Limit Syndrome", belongs to Morales. In the books Principio de incertidumbre (Uncertainty principle) (2003) and La isla del loco (The Island of the lunatic) (2005), the author goes deep into the chore and develops the ideas contained in El cadaver de Balzac. Morales cultivates and unites all the genres that transgress the habitual limits of humankind, in order to get to know and apprehend its nature. This is the reason why eroticism appears constantly in his works together with science and terror. In this way Morales has written El juego del viento y la luna (The wind and moon game) (1998), which is the only universal erotic anthology that has ever existed in Spanish; the book of tales called Erotica Sagrada (Sacred Eroticism) (1989) and the essay Por amor al deseo. Historia del erotismo (For the love of desire. The History of eroticism) (2006).
(Spain
) 7 July, 1952. His childhood was marked by the assassination of his grandfather, the republican lord mayor of a little village of the Province of Granada, during the Spanish Civil War
. He wrote his first narratives before the age of 10. He studied Roman Philology in the University of Granada. He worked as a waiter and later in his life he became a professor of Spanish literature
. In 1982, he moved to Madrid
where he introduced himself in the circle of The Belles Arts founding the "Tertulia de Creadores" that received the highest representants of La Movida Madrileña
(The Madrilene movement) in the Spanish post-modern age. At this time he publishes his first novel Y Hesperia fue hecha (And Hesperia was done). In 1989 he publishes the novel that has been considered his masterpiece and one of the most relevant works in Spanish literature, La Cuarta Locura (The Fourth Madness). Antonio Muñoz Molina
said that this novel was so dangerous that it could not be read with impunity. The dangers of the official culture make Morales take the initiative to found and to preside, in 1994, The Saloon of Independents, integrated by 60 writers from all over the country. Many of the members of this saloon defended the New Aesthetic and they decided to call them 'quantum aesthetics
'. El Cadaver de Balzac, that Morales published in 1998, is the manifest of this movement. In 1999, the Quantum Aesthetics Group was founded. At the beginning of the 21st century, Gregorio Morales published some of his most emblematic novels, such as La individuación (Individuation), Puerta del Sol (The Sun Door) and Nómadas del tiempo. At the same time, the polemic surrounding the quantum aesthetics grows. Gregorio Morales is a numeral member of La Academia de Buenas Letras de Granada. And he writes a column in the local paper of Granada IDEAL. He is a compromised author and militant in the Republican Left in Spain.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
novelist.
Gregorio Morales represents a movement named quantum aesthetics
Quantum aesthetics
Quantum Aesthetics is a movement that was inaugurated by Gregorio Morales at the end of the 1990s with his work “El cadaver de Balzac” or Balzac's Corpse...
that aims to look at human difficulties of all ages from a new perspective that solely derives from modern sciences such as particle physics
Particle physics
Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the existence and interactions of particles that are the constituents of what is usually referred to as matter or radiation. In current understanding, particles are excitations of quantum fields and interact following their dynamics...
, astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
or psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
. In this way, Puerta del Sol (The Sun Door) (2002) is about love and genre violence. These themes are developed in a plot in which the boy representing the main character, faces the great assassin that he himself will be; and the adult murderer will face the little boy he was. These actions occur in a turbulent simultaneity of time and space. In Nómadas del Tiempo (Nomads of Time) (2005), Morales deals with the same problems, but this time inquires whether love is necessarily bound to age and space. He develops the story by having two couples travel to parallel dimensions, in which they change their ages and circumstances.
Although it may not seem so at first glance, quantum aesthetics
Quantum aesthetics
Quantum Aesthetics is a movement that was inaugurated by Gregorio Morales at the end of the 1990s with his work “El cadaver de Balzac” or Balzac's Corpse...
has no relation with science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
. The latter emphasizes different realities, while authors like Gregorio Morales are more interested in understanding humankind. This does not mean that they do not write about virtual worlds as in the case of Ptawardya in Morales’novel Nómadas del Tiempo (Nomads of Time).
Morales has also written essays, the most important of which is El Cadáver de Balzac (Balzac’s Corpse) (1998), in which – with respect to the great French novelist - Morales censures repetition and defends a new paradigm that will discover mystery to the readers making it a part of their daily lives. This book was basic for the foundation of The Quantum Aesthetics Movement, that spread throughout the world , and appeared in the United States of America as The World of Quantum Culture (2002), whose first chapter "Overcoming the Limit Syndrome", belongs to Morales. In the books Principio de incertidumbre (Uncertainty principle) (2003) and La isla del loco (The Island of the lunatic) (2005), the author goes deep into the chore and develops the ideas contained in El cadaver de Balzac. Morales cultivates and unites all the genres that transgress the habitual limits of humankind, in order to get to know and apprehend its nature. This is the reason why eroticism appears constantly in his works together with science and terror. In this way Morales has written El juego del viento y la luna (The wind and moon game) (1998), which is the only universal erotic anthology that has ever existed in Spanish; the book of tales called Erotica Sagrada (Sacred Eroticism) (1989) and the essay Por amor al deseo. Historia del erotismo (For the love of desire. The History of eroticism) (2006).
Biography
Gregorio Morales was born in GranadaGranada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
(Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) 7 July, 1952. His childhood was marked by the assassination of his grandfather, the republican lord mayor of a little village of the Province of Granada, during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. He wrote his first narratives before the age of 10. He studied Roman Philology in the University of Granada. He worked as a waiter and later in his life he became a professor of Spanish literature
Spanish literature
Spanish literature generally refers to literature written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the state of Spain...
. In 1982, he moved to Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
where he introduced himself in the circle of The Belles Arts founding the "Tertulia de Creadores" that received the highest representants of La Movida Madrileña
La Movida Madrileña
La Movida Madrileña was a countercultural movement that took place mainly in Madrid during the Spanish transition after Francisco Franco's death in 1975...
(The Madrilene movement) in the Spanish post-modern age. At this time he publishes his first novel Y Hesperia fue hecha (And Hesperia was done). In 1989 he publishes the novel that has been considered his masterpiece and one of the most relevant works in Spanish literature, La Cuarta Locura (The Fourth Madness). Antonio Muñoz Molina
Antonio Muñoz Molina
Antonio 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...
said that this novel was so dangerous that it could not be read with impunity. The dangers of the official culture make Morales take the initiative to found and to preside, in 1994, The Saloon of Independents, integrated by 60 writers from all over the country. Many of the members of this saloon defended the New Aesthetic and they decided to call them 'quantum aesthetics
Quantum aesthetics
Quantum Aesthetics is a movement that was inaugurated by Gregorio Morales at the end of the 1990s with his work “El cadaver de Balzac” or Balzac's Corpse...
'. El Cadaver de Balzac, that Morales published in 1998, is the manifest of this movement. In 1999, the Quantum Aesthetics Group was founded. At the beginning of the 21st century, Gregorio Morales published some of his most emblematic novels, such as La individuación (Individuation), Puerta del Sol (The Sun Door) and Nómadas del tiempo. At the same time, the polemic surrounding the quantum aesthetics grows. Gregorio Morales is a numeral member of La Academia de Buenas Letras de Granada. And he writes a column in the local paper of Granada IDEAL. He is a compromised author and militant in the Republican Left in Spain.
Works
- Y Hesperia fue hecha (1982)
- Puntos de vista (1986)
- Razón de amor (1987)
- La cuarta locura (1989)
- Erótica sagrada (1989)
- Cuentos de terror (Varios autores, 1989)
- El amor ausente (1990)
- El pecado del adivino (1992)
- El cadáver de Balzac (1998)
- El juego del viento y la luna. Antología de la literatura erótica (1998/1999)
- Ella. Él (1999)
- El devorador de sombras (relatos de suspense y terror) (2000)
- El mundo de la cultura cuántica (Varios autores, 2003)
- Puerta del Sol (2002)
- La individuación (2003)
- Principio de incertidumbre (2003)
- Canto cuántico (2003)
- Nómadas del tiempo (2005)
- La isla del loco Escritos sobre arte (2005)
- Quixote Erótico (El erotismo en el Quijote) (2005)
- El gigante de cristal. Textos sobre Granada (2005)
- Por amor al deseo. Historia del erotismo (2006)