Cristian Crusat Schretzmeijer (born 1983,

Marbella Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the r ...

) is a Spanish-Dutch writer. His father was Spanish and his mother Dutch. He studied literature at the

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of Madrid and

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at the International University Menéndez Pelayo of Santander and the

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. He completed his doctorate in

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at the

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. His books include: * ''Estatuas'' (Pre-Textos, 2006) * ''Tranquilos en tiempo de guerra'' (Pre-Textos, 2010) * ''Breve teoría del viaje y el desierto'' (Pre-Textos, 2011). He has translated the writings of

Marcel Schwob Mayer André Marcel Schwob, known as Marcel Schwob (23 August 1867 – 26 February 1905), was a French symbolist writer best known for his short stories and his literary influence on authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Bola� ...

. He won the

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for ''Breve teoría del viaje y el desierto''.Profile
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1983 births Living people Spanish novelists Spanish male novelists Spanish translators 21st-century Dutch novelists University of Amsterdam alumni People from Marbella Dutch male novelists 21st-century Dutch male writers 21st-century translators {{spain-writer-stub