Santiago Alba Rico (born 1960) is a Spanish writer and philosopher. He has lived in

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for much of the 21st-century. He is known for essays such as ''Las reglas del caos'', ''Leer con niños'' or ''Capitalismo y nihilismo''.

Biography

Santiago Alba Rico was born in

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in 1960, the son of journalist, producer, and screenwriter

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, who was also the mother of writer . He is also the great-grandson of politician

Santiago Alba Bonifaz Santiago Alba y Bonifaz (23 December 1872, in Zamora, Spain, Zamora – 8 April 1949) was a Spanish politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of the Navy, Minister of Education and Science, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Housing, and Mi ...

and the uncle of Nagua Alba. Alba earned a

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in philosophy from the

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. He joined the crew of TVE's children show ''

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'' (created by his mother) as a screenwriter (1984–1988), introducing content under a

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point of view. He relocated to

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in 1991 and then to

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in 1998. He has worked as a translator to Spanish from Arabic. He was opposed to the rule of

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and

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in the context of the

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and Syrian conflicts. Podemos presented Alba as their candidate for the

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in the constituency of the province of Ávila (he owns a residence in

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) vis-à-vis the December 2015 general election, failing to win the seat.

Works

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References

External links

Santiago Alba Rico
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