Rafael Chirbes (27 June 1949 – 15 August 2015) was a Spanish novelist. He was born in

Tavernes de la Valldigna Tavernes de la Valldigna (, es, Tavernes de la Valldigna) is a municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain, located in the district of Safor, 54 km far away from Valencia. It is the biggest town in La Valldigna, a horseshoe shape valley ...

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

. He is the author of several novels, two of which have won the Premio de la Crítica de narrativa castellana - ''

Crematorio ''Crematorio'' () is a Spanish TV series written and directed by Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo. It is based on Rafael Chirbes's novel of the same name. It was produced by MOD Producciones for Canal+. Plot summary Crematorio is the story of the Bertome ...

'' (2007) and ''En la orilla'' (2013). The latter also won the

Premio Nacional de Narrativa The National Literature Prize for Narrative (Spanish: ''Premio Nacional de Literatura en la modalidad de Narrativa'') is a prize awarded by Spain's Ministry of Culture for a novel written by a Spanish author in any of the languages of Spain. The ...

. Chirbes is further known for his trilogy of novels dealing with postwar Spain (''La larga marcha'', ''La caída de Madrid'' and ''Los viejos amigos''). He also wrote several collections of essays. His 2007 novel ''Crematorio'' was made into an acclaimed television series in 2011.

Works

Novels

* ''Mimoun'' (1988) * ''En la lucha final'' (1991) * ''La buena letra'' (1992) * ''Los disparos del cazador'' (1994) * ''La larga marcha'' (1996) * ''La caída de Madrid'' (2000) * ''Los viejos amigos'' (2003) * ''

'' (2007). ''Cremation'', trans. Valerie Miles (New Directions, 2021). * ''En la orilla'' (2013). ''On the Edge'', trans.

Margaret Jull Costa Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...

(New Directions, 2016). * ''París-Austerlitz'' (2016)

Essays

* ''Mediterráneos'' (1997) * ''El novelista perplejo'' (2002) * ''El viajero sedentario'' (2004) * ''Por cuenta propia'' (2010)

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