Fulgencio Argüelles (born January 6, 1955), is a Spanish writer and

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Life

Born in 1955 in the Orillés neighborhood of

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, Asturias, Argüelles studied psychology at the Comillas Pontifical University and the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in sociology of work and organizations. After a long residence in Madrid, he returned in 1997 to Asturias to live in the village of Cenera ( Mieres), where he had lived as a child. He now is now a Socialist representative on the city council ('' ayuntamiento'') of Mieres. He wrote prize-winning short stories in both Spanish and Asturian before publishing his first novel. His novels include ''Letanías de lluvia'', winner of the Premio Azorín, 1992; ''Los clamores de la tierra''; ''Recuerdos de algún vivir'', winner of the Premio Principado de Asturias, 2000, granted by the

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; and ''El Palacio de los ingenieros belgas'', winner of the

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2003. He has also published two books of short stories, ''Del color de la nada'' and ''Seronda'', the latter written in Asturian and in collaboration with the Asturian painter J. Enrique Maojo.

Works

Novels

* ''Letanías de lluvia'' (Alfaguara, 1993), winner of the Premio Azorín de Novela, 1992. * ''Los clamores de la tierra'' (Alfaguara, 1996), an

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set in the first years of the reign of Ramiro I of Asturias (reigned 843–850). * ''Recuerdos de algún vivir'' (Nobel, 2000), winner of the Premio de Novela Principado de Asturias 2000. * ''El palacio azul de los ingenieros belgas'' (Acantilado, 2003), winner of the Premio Café Gijón de Novela, 2003. * ''A la sombra de los abedules'' (TREA, 2011)

Books of short stories

*''Del color de la nada'' *''Seronda'' (Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2004): stories in Asturian, illustrated by Jorge Enrique Maojo.

Other

* Argüelles' story ''Cuando los balones se volvieron invisibles'' is the first work of forty in the anthology ''Cuentos de fútbol'' (Alfaguara, 1995).

Notes

External links

* Lupercio González
Suplemento Asturias: Fulgencio Argüelles
revistafusion.com, April 2001. * Luis García

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