Adolfo Camilo Díaz López (born 1963 in
Caborana
Caborana is a village and parish (administrative division) in Aller, Asturias, Aller, a municipality within the province and autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.
Villages
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Aller
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* Aller (Germany), a major river in North Germany
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Asturias) is a Spanish writer in
. 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
The Academia de la Llingua Asturiana or Academy of the Asturian Language (ALLA) is an Official Institution of the Government of the Principality of Asturias that promotes and regulates the Asturian language, a language of the Spanish autonomous ...
.
Life
Adolfo Camilo Díaz studied History in the
University of Oviedo
The University of Oviedo ( es, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturian: ''Universidá d'Uviéu'') is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón ...
. In 1979 he founded the experimental theatre group "Güestia", where he met
Xuan Bello
Xuan Bello Fernán (born 1965 in Tineo, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish poet and one of the best-known contemporary Asturian writers.
Life and work Poetry
In 1982, at barely 16 years old, he published his first book of poems in Asturian, ''Ne ...
. 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 (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
,
Franz Kafka
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,
Manuel Martínez Mediero as well as some of his own texts. He worked as a cultural entertainer in the municipalities of
Carreño
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and
Corvera and, since 2004, he is the cultural director of the city council of
Avilés
Avilés (; ) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias.
The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, ...
. He is also part of the Administration Council of the
Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias
Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias (RTPA) is a public broadcasting company within the Asturias created in 2005. Since 2011, its general director is Antonio Virgili.
History
Televisión del Principado de Asturias made its first test broad ...
. 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
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
.
Books published
* Narrative:
**''Añada pa un güeyu muertu'' ('Lullaby for a Dead Eye', Xosefa Xovellanos prize) (1985). Principáu d'Asturies.
** ''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.
** ''Miénteme, dime la verdá'' ('Lie to Me, Tell me the Truth') (1989). Azucel.
** ''L’home que quería ser estatua'' ('The Man who Wanted to Be a Statue') (1991). Azucel.
** ''Diariu de viaxe'' ('Diary of a Journey', Xosefa Xovellanos prize) (1995). Principáu d'Asturies.
** ''El vientre del círculu'' ('The Circle's Belly') (1996). Editora del Norte.
** ''Venus, Occidente y otros cuentos éticos'' ('Venus, Occident and some Other Ethical Short Stories') (1997). Trabe.
** ''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.
** ''Nueche'' ('Night') (2002). Ámbitu.
** ''Suañé Cabu Verde. Nunca ye endemasiao tiempu'' ('I dreamed Cape Verde. Time is Never Too Much') (2003). Ámbitu.
* Young adult literature
** ''Blugás (Prímula I)'' (1993). Trabe.
* Theatre:
**''Psicokiller'' ('Psycho-killer') (1993). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
** ''País. Una traxicomedia asturiana'' ('Country. An Asturian Tragical Comedy') (2004). Madú.
* Monologue
** ''Nelón y el sexu sentíu (y otros socedíos)'' ('Nelón and the Sex Sense (and some Other Facts)') (2002). Trabe.
* Essay:
** ''Pentimento I'' (1992). Azucel.
** ''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 Naschy
Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina Álvarez, September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009) was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures— The Wolfman, ...
's Movies', in
spanish language
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) (1993). Santa Bárbara.
** ''El teatru popular asturianu'' ('Asturian Popular Theatre') (2002). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
* Journalism:
** ''In articulo mortis'' (articles) (2005). Madú.
* Translations:
** José Viale Moutinho: ''Mázcares venecianes'' (1989). Aína.
** José Viale Moutinho: ''Cuentos fantásticos'' (with
Xandru Fernández Xandru Fernández (born 1970 in Turón, Asturias, Spain) is an Asturian language writer. He is one of the most prolific authors of the second generation of the Surdimientu. His work currently includes seven novels, four books of poetry and two nov ...
) (1992). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
** Jules Verne: ''L’eternu Adán'' (1992). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
** José Viale Moutinho: ''Nombres de árboles quemados'' (in Spanish language) (1993). Ateneo Obrero de Gijón.
**
Paul Valéry
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mus ...
: ''El cementeriu marín'' (2003). Trabe.
**
Raúl Vallarino
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Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...
: ''Los suaños del delanteru centru'' (2003). Trabe.
External links
Library of asturian writers Bibliography (until 1998) and a fragment of ''L'home que quería ser una estatua''(in Asturian language)
(in Asturian language)
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1963 births
Living people
People from Aller, Asturias
Spanish male writers
Writers from Asturias
Asturian language
University of Oviedo alumni