Xurxo Borrazás
Encyclopedia
Xurxo Borrazás Fariña, born in Carballo
in 1963, is a Galician writer. He earned a degree in English philology from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. At this time, he began to write poetry, and then continued writing narrative fiction. He has translated Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
(for Galaxia) and The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulker
into Galician
. His fiction has been defined as experimental and transgressive. Some of his novels have been translated into Spanish, Russian and Portuguese. Several stories have appeared in English in the anthology From the Beginning of the Sea published in Oxford by Foreign Demand. He has lectured at Spanish and British universities and writes articles on the fields of culture and politics for Galician press.
Carballo
Carballo is a municipality of Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia.The seafood company Calvo is headquartered here....
in 1963, is a Galician writer. He earned a degree in English philology from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. At this time, he began to write poetry, and then continued writing narrative fiction. He has translated Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Cancer, also referred to as the Northern tropic, is the circle of latitude on the Earth that marks the most northerly position at which the Sun may appear directly overhead at its zenith...
by Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...
(for Galaxia) and The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury is a novel written by the American author William Faulkner. It employs a number of narrative styles, including the technique known as stream of consciousness, pioneered by 20th century European novelists such as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. Published in 1929, The Sound and...
by William Faulker
William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of media; he wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career...
into Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
. His fiction has been defined as experimental and transgressive. Some of his novels have been translated into Spanish, Russian and Portuguese. Several stories have appeared in English in the anthology From the Beginning of the Sea published in Oxford by Foreign Demand. He has lectured at Spanish and British universities and writes articles on the fields of culture and politics for Galician press.
Works
- Cabeza de chorlito, 1991 (novel)
- Criminal, 1994 (novel)
- Eu é, 1996 (novel)
- Contos malvados, 1998 (stories)
- O desintegrista, 1999 (miscellany)
- Na maleta, 2000 (novel)
- Pensamentos Impuros, 2002 (miscellany)
- Ser ou non, 2004 (novel)
- Arte e parte, 2007 (essays)
- Costa norte/ZFK, 2008 (novel)
- Covalladas, 2010 (vertical prose)
Awards
- Spanish Critics' Award
- Premio San Clemente de lectores
- Premio Antón Losada Diéguez
- Galician Critics' Award