Juan Eduardo Zúñiga Amaro (24 January 1919 – 24 February 2020) was a Spanish writer,
Slavonic scholar,
Portuguese scholar,
literary critic and translator.
He was born in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
, and was considered among the most important living Spanish writers, alongside novelists like
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951 in Cartagena) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, ''El húsar'', set in the Napoleonic Wars, was ...
,
Eduardo Mendoza and
Andrés Pascual Andrés Pascual Carrillo de Albornoz (Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, 1969) is a Spanish writer, conference speaker and lawyer. He is also a classically trained pianist and composer, as well as being a past member of several rock bands. He currently shar ...
, all of them included in the so-called Spanish New Narrative.
Works
Narrative
* ''Inútiles totales''
otally useless(1951), novel
* ''El coral y las aguas''
he coral and the waters(1962), novel
* ''El último día del mundo''
he last day of the world(1992), novel
* ''Misterios de las noches y los días''
ysteries of the nights and days(1992), short stories
* ''Flores de plomo''
ead flowers(1999), historical novel
* ''La trilogía de la Guerra Civil''
he Spanish Civil War trilogy(1980–2003), short stories, published together without a title at Cátedra publishers in 2007, and with the reviewed title and two additional stories at Galaxia Gutenberg in 2011 (summing up a total of 35 stories).
** ''Largo noviembre de Madrid''
ong November in Madrid(1980), short stories
** ''La tierra será un paraíso''
he earth will be a paradise(1989), short stories
** ''Capital de la gloria''
lory capital(2003), short stories
* ''Brillan monedas oxidadas''
usty coins shine(2010), short stories
Essays
*''Hungría y Rumania en el Danubio; las luchas históricas en Transilvania y Besarabia''
ungary and Romania on the Danube; the historic fights in Transylvania and Bessarabia Madrid, Editorial Pace
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*''La historia y la política de Bulgaria''
he history and politics of Bulgaria Madrid: Pace, 1945.
*''Los artículos sociales de Mariano José de Larra''
he social articles of Mariano José de Larra Madrid: Taurus, 1963 (anthology).
*''El anillo de
Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
. Lectura romántica de escritores y paisajes rusos''
ushkin's ring: romantic reading of Russian writers and landscapes Barcelona: Bruguera, 1983; re-edited in Madrid: Alfaguara, 1992.
*''Sofía''
ofia 1990, travel writings.
*''Las inciertas pasiones de Iván Turgueniev''
he uncertain passions of Ivan Turgenev 1999 (published before with the title ''Los imposibles afectos de Iván Turgueniev: ensayo biográfico''
he impossible effects of Ivan Turgenev: biographical essays Madrid: Editora Nacional, 1977).
*''Desde los bosques nevados: memoria de escritores rusos''
rom the snowy woods: memory of Russian writers 2010.
*"Foreword" to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, ''Cuentos completos''
omplete stories Madrid: Aguilar, 1962.
References
1919 births
2020 deaths
People from Madrid
Spanish writers
Slavists
Spanish centenarians
Men centenarians
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