Jorge Loriga Torrenova, better known as Ray Loriga (born March 5, 1967), is a Spanish author, screenwriter, and director. His first novel ''Lo Peor de todo'' (''The Worst Thing of All''), was published in 1992, and was followed by ''Héroes'' in 1993. ''Caídos del Cielo - La pistola de mi hermano'' (''My Brother's Gun'') was the first of his novels to be published in English, and he directed a film based on this book in 1997. In the same year, he worked together with

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and Jorge Guerricaechevarria to produce the screenplay for the film ''

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'' (''Live Flesh''), also directed by Almodóvar. The screenplay was based on the 1986 novel of the same name by the British crime writer

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. His second novel to be published in English was '' Tokio ya no nos quiere'' (''Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore''). Loriga married Spanish-Danish singer-songwriter Christina Rosenvinge in 1989. In April 2017, Loriga was awarded the

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for his novel ''Rendición'' (''Surrender''). It is one of the most financially rewarding Spanish-language literary prizes. His most recent novel, ''Sábado, domingo'' (''Saturday, Sunday''), was published in February 2019.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Lo peor de todo'' (''The Worst Thing of All'') (1992) *''Héroes'' (''Heroes'') (1993) *''Caídos del Cielo - La pistola de mi hermano'' (''My Brother's Gun'') (1995, English publication in 1998) *'' Tokio ya no nos quiere'' (''Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore'') (1999, English publication in 2003) *''Trífero'' (2000) *''El hombre que inventó Manhattan'' (''The Man Who Invented Manhattan'') (2004) *''Yo solo hablo de amor'' (''I Only Speak of Love'') (2008) *''Za Za, emperador de Ibiza'' (''Za Za, the Emperor of Ibiza'') (2014) *''Rendición'' (''Surrender'') (2017 - Alfaguara prize - English publication scheduled 2020) *''Sábado, domingo'' (''Saturday, Sunday'') (2018)

Short story collections

*''Días extraños'' (''Strange Days'') (1994) *''Días aún más extraños'' (''Even Stranger Days'') (2007) *''Los oficiales'' (''The Officers'') (2009) *''El destino de Cordelia'' (''Cordelia's Destiny'') (2009)

Filmography

External links

Ray Loriga's Unofficial Page (in Spanish)
*
2004 interview with the author

References

1967 births Living people People from Madrid Spanish novelists Spanish male novelists Spanish film directors Spanish screenwriters Male screenwriters {{Spain-writer-stub