Mario Martín Gijón (born 1979 in

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) is a Spanish writer, poet and literary critic. He holds a PhD in Spanish Philology and has taught at the Philipps University of Marburg (

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) and the

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). He currently teaches at the

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). He regularly contributes to literary reviews such as ''Clarín'', ''Quimera'' and '' Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos'', as well as writing a weekly column for ''

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.'' In 2009 he received the Gerardo Diego Prize for Literary Research for his book ''José Herrera Petere en el surrealismo, la guerra y el destierro''; in 2011, the Amado Alonso Prize for Literary Criticism for ''La patria imaginada de Máximo José Kahn. Vida y obra de un escritor de tres exilios''; in 2012, the Tigre Juan Prize for ''Inconvenientes del turismo en Praga y otros cuentos europeos''; in 2013, the Arturo Barea Prize for Cultural Research for ''La Resistencia franco-española (1936-1950). Una historia compartida''; and in 2017, the Miguel de Unamuno Essay Prize for ''Un segundo destierro. La sombra de Unamuno en el exilio español.'' As a poet he published ''Latidos y desplantes'' (2011), ''Rendicción'' (2013; English translation ''Sur(rendering)'', 2020), ''Tratado de entrañeza'' (2014) and ''Des en canto'' (2019). His prose includes ''Inconvenientes del turismo en Praga y otros cuentos europeos'' (2012), ''Un día en la vida del inmortal Mathieu'' (2013), ''Un otoño extremeño'' (2017) and ''Ut pictura poesis y otros tres relatos'' (2018). His work has been translated into English, French, Italian, German, Romanian, Czech and Chinese.

Books

Poetry

* ''Latidos y desplantes'', Madrid, Vitruvio, 2011. * ''Rendicción'', Madrid, Amargord, 2013 (translated into English by Terence Dooley: ''Sur(rendering).'' Bristol, Shearsman Books, 2020). * ''Tratado de entrañeza'', Madrid, Polibea, 2014. * ''Des en canto'', Valparaíso/Barcelona, RIL Editores, 2019.

Novels and short stories

* ''Inconvenientes del turismo en Praga'', Mérida, Editora Regional de Extremadura, 2012. * ''Inconvenientes del turismo en Praga y otros cuentos europeos'', Oviedo, KRK, 2012. * ''Un día en la vida del inmortal Mathieu'', Madrid, Ediciones Irreverentes, 2013. * ''Un otoño extremeño'', Mérida, Editora Regional de Extremadura, 2017 * ''Ut pictura poesis y otros tres relatos'', Valencia, Pre-Textos, 2018.

Essays and studies

* ''Una poesía de la presencia. José Herrera Petere en el surrealismo, la guerra y el exilio'', Valencia, Pre-Textos, 2009. * ''Entre el compromiso y la fantasía. La obra narrativa y dramática de José Herrera Petere'', Sevilla, Renacimiento (Biblioteca del Exilio), 2010. * ''Los (anti)intelectuales de la derecha en España. De Giménez Caballero a Jiménez Losantos'', Barcelona, RBA Libros (Tema de Actualidad), 2011. * ''La patria imaginada de Máximo José Kahn. Vida y obra de un escritor de tres exilios'', Valencia, Pre-Textos, 2012. * ''La Resistencia franco-española (1936-1950). Una historia compartida''. Badajoz, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Diputación de Badajoz, 2014. Second edition: ''Dos Repúblicas contra el fascismo. Españoles y franceses desde la Guerra Civil a la Segunda Guerra Mundial'', Granada, Comares, 2019. * ''Voces de Extremadura. El camino de Paul Celan hacia su Shibboleth español'', Madrid, Libros de la Resistencia, 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gijon, Mario Martin 1979 births Living people 21st-century Spanish poets Spanish male poets Spanish literary critics 21st-century Spanish novelists Spanish essayists People from Villanueva de la Serena Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of Masaryk University Academic staff of the University of Extremadura