Pedro Ugarte Tamayo (born 15 January 1963) is a Spanish writer and columnist. He was born in

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and studied law at the

Universidad de Deusto The University of Deusto ( es, Universidad de Deusto; eu, Deustuko Unibertsitatea) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The U ...

. He now teaches at the

Universidad del País Vasco The University of the Basque Country ( eu, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, ''EHU''; es, Universidad del País Vasco, ''UPV''; UPV/EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Bilbao, initially ...

. He has also worked with Radio Euskadi and contributed columns to the Basque edition of ''

El País ''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...

''. He has written many works of fiction, spanning novels and short stories. His debut novel ''Los cuerpos de las nadadoras'' was nominated for the

Premio Herralde The Premio Herralde is a Spanish literary prize. It is awarded annually by the publishing house Anagrama Anagrama is a Spanish publisher founded in 1969 by Jorge Herralde. In 2010 it was sold to the Italian publisher Feltrinelli. Since 1969, Ana ...

, while his most recent novel ''El país del dinero'' won the Premio Logroño de Novela in 2011. His work has been translated into Italian, French, German and Polish.

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