Pablo González Cuesta
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Pablo González Cuesta is a Spanish writer born in Seville
(1968). Until the age of three, he lived in Sao Paulo
(Brazil
). Later, his family moved to Barcelona
and then to Madrid
where he remained until 2001. Currently, he resides in Punucapa
, close to Valdivia
(Chile
).
Pablo Gonz obtained a degree in Geography and History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1991. In that same period date his first steps in literature, being his major literary references: Gabriel García Márquez
, Eduardo Mendoza
, Leo Tolstoy
and Stefan Zweig
.
Articles and news:
Blogs:
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
(1968). Until the age of three, he lived in Sao Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
(Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
). Later, his family moved to Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and then 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 remained until 2001. Currently, he resides in Punucapa
Punucapa
Punucapa is a hamlet of pre-Hispanic origin in Los Ríos Region, Chile. Its isolated location by the Cruces River and the Valdivian Coastal Range has make the village an ecotourism attraction. The wetlands of the river is the home to thousands of birds; the Black-necked Swan is the most emblematic...
, close to Valdivia
Valdivia
-Geography:*Chile** Valdivia, Chile, a city and municipality in the Province of Valdivia** Valdivia River, a river which begins in the city of Valdivia** Valdivia Province, the Province of Valdivia...
(Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
).
Pablo Gonz obtained a degree in Geography and History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1991. In that same period date his first steps in literature, being his major literary references: Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in...
, Eduardo Mendoza
Eduardo Mendoza
Eduardo Mendoza may refer to:*Eduardo Mendoza Ceballos, Spanish novelist, Venezuelan businessman, special commissioner for international narcotic affairs, with the rank of ambassador...
, Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
and Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most famous writers in the world.- Biography :...
.
Novels
- 1996: La pasión de Octubre (AlbaAlbaAlba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is cognate to Alba in Irish and Nalbin in Manx, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as similar words in the Brythonic Insular Celtic languages of Cornish and Welsh also meaning Scotland.- Etymology :The term first appears in...
, Barcelona). (ISBN 8488730055)
- 1997: Experto en silencios (Bitzoc, Palma de MallorcaPalma de MallorcaPalma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name...
, SpainSpainSpain , 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...
). (ISBN 8487789811)
- 1998: Los hijos de León Armendiaguirre (PlanetaPlanetaPlaneta Corporación, S.R.L., doing business as Grupo Planeta, is a Spanish media group based in Barcelona. The company operates in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America. Editorial Planeta, its flagship, was founded in 1949. Planeta owns over 70 publishing houses worldwide. It publishes the...
, Barcelona). (ISBN 8408023578)
- 2008: Libertad (UqbarUqbarUqbar is a fictional place in Jorge Luis Borges's 1940 short story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius". Uqbar in the story is doubly fictional: even within the world of the story it turns out to be a fictional place. The story turns on the narrator's discovery of a fictitious entry about Uqbar: that is, a...
, Santiago de Chile). (ISBN 9789568601300)
- 2008: Mío (Carisma, BadajozBadajozBadajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....
, Spain). (ISBN 848896448X)
- 2010: Libertad (e-book available in http://www.librositio.com or in http://www.booksonboard.com).
- 2011: Mío (Bubok, Madrid, Spain). (ISBN 9788461504305)
Minifictions
- 2010: La saliva del tigre (20:13, ValdiviaValdivia-Geography:*Chile** Valdivia, Chile, a city and municipality in the Province of Valdivia** Valdivia River, a river which begins in the city of Valdivia** Valdivia Province, the Province of Valdivia...
, ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
). (ISBN 9789563327755)
Awards
- 1995: V Prensa Canaria Novel Award for La pasión de Octubre.
- 1997: V Juan March Cencillo Brief Novel Award for Experto en silencios.
- 2008: II Encina de Plata Brief Novel Award for Mío.
- 2011: Calaix de Llibres Short Fiction Award for El Manchado.
External links
Publishing houses:- http://www.albaeditorial.es
- http://www.editorial.planeta.es
- http://www.uqbareditores.cl
- http://www.carismalibros.es
Articles and news:
- http://dare.uva.nl/document/63721
- http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=189408
- http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Pablo/Gonzalez/Cuesta/gana/premio/Juan/March/novela/breve/elpepicul/19970808elpepicul_7/Tes/
- http://www.hoy.es/20080427/navalmoral/chileno-pablo-gonzalez-gana-20080427.html
- http://violantbcn3.blogspot.com/p/ganadores-del-concurso-de-relatos.html
Blogs:
- http://pablogonz.wordpress.com
- http://pablogonzalezcuesta.blogspot.com