Antonio Gómez Rufo professionally known simply as Gómez Rufo (born 1954 in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
) is a Spanish writer.
Gómez achieved a law degree at the
Complutense University of Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university loca ...
, he graduated in 1977 and between 1979 and 1983 he worked as a lawyer. In 1984 he began working as a screenwriter and poet for books. His debut was in 1984 when he wrote his first book entitled ''El último goliardo''. He wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film ''París Tombuctú'' (which starred
Michel Piccoli
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...
).
In 2005 Gómez won the
Fernando Lara Novel Award
The Fernando Lara Novel Award ( es, Premio Fernando Lara de Novela, links=no) is given annually in Spain by the José Manuel Lara Foundation and the Planeta publishing house to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. The publication of the f ...
for ''El secreto del rey cautivo''.
Books
* ''El último
goliardo'' (1984)
* ''Natalia'' (1988)
* El carnaval perpetuo (1992)
* Aguas tranquilas, aguas profundas (1992)
* Crónica de nadie (1992)
* El Club de los Osos Traviesos (1993)
* La leyenda del falso traidor (1994)
* Un gato en el desván (1995)
* Las lágrimas de
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
(1996)
* Si tú supieras (1997)
* El desfile de la victoria (1999)
* El alma de los peces (2001)
* Los mares del miedo (2002)
* Adiós a los hombres (2004)
* El secreto del rey cautivo (2005)
* El señor de
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
(2006)
* Balada triste en
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
(2006)
* La noche del
tamarindo
Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is probably indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus ''Tamarindus'' is monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs to the family Fabaceae.
...
(2008)
* La abadía de los crímenes (2011)
* La más bella historia de amor de Paula Cortázar (2012)
References
External links
Página oficial de Antonio Gómez Rufo
1954 births
Living people
Writers from Madrid
Spanish male screenwriters
Spanish reporters and correspondents
Complutense University of Madrid alumni
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