David Roas (born 1965 in
Barcelona,
Spain) is a Spanish writer and literary critic, specialising in fantastic literature. He is currently professor of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the
Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he heads up the Fantastic Literature Studies Group (Grupo de Estudios sobre lo Fantástico – GEF).
He has published eight collections of short stories, the first in 1996 and the latest in April 2018, as well as several works of literary criticism, including an analysis of the influence of
Edgar Allan Poe on the Spanish genre of fantastic literature, and a biography of the writer
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, co-authored with .
Roas has been described by the writer and journalist, Rubén Sánchez Trigos as "probably
pain'sleading specialist in fantastic literature". His most recent collection of short stories was published by Editorial Páginas de Espuma, Madrid, in April 2018. In the words of Jose Oliva, in this latest collection Roas establishes "a permanent dialogue in the form of homages to other authors, such as
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,
Rod Serling
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(of ''
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Mercedes Abad
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Early life and career
She graduated in Journalism from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona after studying for her baccalaureate at the Liceu Franc ...
,
Eduardo Berti
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Biography
His novel ''La mujer de Wakefield'', a re-write of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ''Wakef ...
, or parodying
George A. Romero
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." In this regard he has commented, "I don't know how to write in a vacuum. I read fantastic literature."
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Bibliography
Fiction
* ''Los dichos de un necio'' (Manresa, 1996)
* ''Celuloide sangriento'' (Diari de Sabadell, 1996)
* ''Horrores cotidianos'' (Palencia, 2007 y Lima 2009)
* ''Distorsiones'' (Páginas de Espuma, Madrid 2010)
* ''Intuiciones y delirios'' (Editorial Micrópolis, Lima, 2012)
* ''La estrategia de koala'' (Candaya, Barcelona, 2013)
* ''Bienvenidos a Incaland'' (Páginas de Espuma, Madrid, 2014)
* ''Invasión'' (Páginas de Espuma, Madrid, 2018)
Non-fiction
* ''Teorías de lo fantástico'' (Arco Libros, Madrid, 2001)
* ''Enrique Jardiel Poncela'' (Eneida Editorial, Madrid, 2001) (Biography, co-authored with Fernando Valls)
* ''Hoffmann en España'' (Biblioteca Nueva,Madrid, 2002)
* ''De la maravilla al horror, Los orígenes de lo fantástico en la cultura española (1750-1860)'' (Mirabel, Vilagarcía de Arousa, 2006)
* ''La sombra del cuervo. Edgar Allan Poe y la literatura fantástica española del siglo XIX'' (Madrid, 2011)
* ''Tras los límites de lo real. Una definición de lo fantástico'' (Madrid, 2011).
* ''Meditaciones de un arponero'' (E.D.A., Málaga, 2008)
* ''La sombra del cuervo. Edgar Allan Poe y la literatura fantástica española del siglo XIX'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2011)
* ''Tras los límites de lo real. Una definición de lo fantástico.'' (Páginas de Espuma, Madrid, 2011)
Anthologies (as editor)
* ''El castillo del espectro. Antología de relatos fantásticos españoles del siglo XIX'' (Barcelona, 2002)
* ''Cuentos fantásticos del siglo XIX (España e Hispanoamérica)'' (Madrid, 2003)
* ''La realidad oculta. Cuentos fantásticos españoles del siglo XX'' (Palencia, 2008) - with Ana Casas
Awards
*
Setenil Award
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, 2011 for ''Distorsiones''
References
Writers from Barcelona
Short story writers from Catalonia
1965 births
Living people
Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Spanish male short story writers
Anthologists
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