Manuel Moyano (born 1963) is a
Spanish
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writer. Born in
Cordoba, he grew up in
Barcelona
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. He studied
agricultural engineering
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at the
University of Cordoba. Since 1991, he has lived in
Molina de Segura
Molina de Segura is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia. It is located 10 km from the provincial capital, Murcia.
It borders the towns of Las Torres de Cotillas, Alguazas, Lorquí, Ulea, Archena, Ab ...
in
Murcia
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. His first book ''El amigo de Kafka'' (2001) won the
Tigre Juan Award
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for "best debut work"
and was also chosen by ''
El Mundo'' as one of the best debuts of the year. Since then, he has written many other books of fiction and non-fiction. His most recent work ''El imperio de Yegorov'' was nominated for the
Premio Herralde The Premio Herralde is a Spanish literary prize. It is awarded annually by the publishing house Anagrama
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Since 1969, Ana ...
and has been translated into
Dutch
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People E ...
.
Works
* ''El amigo de Kafka'' (2001)
* ''Dietario mágico'' (2002)
* ''El oro celeste'' (2003)
* ''Galería de apátridas'' (2004)
* ''El lobo de Periago'' (2005)
* ''La memoria de la especie'' (2005)
* ''La coartada del diablo'' (2006, Premio Tristana de Novela Fantástica)
* ''El experimento Wolberg'' (2008, Premio Libro del Año Región de Murcia)
* ''Teatro de ceniza'' (2011)
* ''Travesía americana'' (2013)
References
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Spanish male writers
1963 births
Living people
University of Córdoba (Spain) alumni