Adolfo Camilo Díaz López (born 1963 in
Caborana,
Aller,
Asturias
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It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
) is a Spanish writer in
. He is specially known as a playwright and author of short novels. He had achieved some of the most important prizes of the
Asturian literature, as the Xosefa Xovellanos of novel (twice, in 1985 and 1995) or the short novel prize of the
Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
Life
Adolfo Camilo Díaz studied History in the
University of Oviedo
The University of Oviedo (, Asturian: ''Universidá d'Uviéu'') is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres.
History
Th ...
. In 1979 he founded the experimental theatre group "Güestia", where he met
Xuan Bello. The group was dissolved, and become a rock band with the same name, publishing a disc named ''Inaux''. Later, in 1984, he formed up the drama collective "Amorecer", that played some spectacles. The most important one was ''El suañu la razón'' ('The Reason's Dream'), of 1985, based on texts of
Goethe
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,
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...
,
Manuel Martínez Mediero as well as some of his own texts. He worked as a cultural entertainer in the municipalities of
Carreño
Carreño is a municipality in the autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its ...
and
Corvera and, since 2004, he is the cultural director of the city council of
Avilés
Avilés (Asturian and ;) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias.
The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged ...
. He is also part of the Administration Council of the
Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias. He founded the literature magazine "Al Bellume" (published between 1986 and 1989). Besides, he collaborates usually with newspapers as
La Nueva España
''La Nueva España'' is a daily newspaper in Spain. Published in Oviedo, it serves Asturias. The publisher of the paper is Editoral Prensa Asturiana. It is published in tabloid format. The paper has an independent political stance.
Letizia Or ...
and
Les Noticies) and he had published 17 books until now, most of them narrative or theater ones. He is also the asturian translator of some works of
José Viale Moutinho and
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright.
His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
.
Books published
* Narrative:
**''Añada pa un güeyu muertu'' ('Lullaby for a Dead Eye', Xosefa Xovellanos prize) (1985). Principáu d'Asturies.
** ''L’otru Sherlock Holmes'' ('The Other Sherlock Holmes', with
Vicente García Oliva and Rafael Mijares) (1986). Azucel.
** ''Pequeña lloba enllena d’amor'' ('Little Wolf Full of Love') (short novel prize of the Academia de la Llingua Asturiana) (1988). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
** ''Miénteme, dime la verdá'' ('Lie to Me, Tell me the Truth') (1989). Azucel.
** ''L’home que quería ser estatua'' ('The Man who Wanted to Be a Statue') (1991). Azucel.
** ''Diariu de viaxe'' ('Diary of a Journey', Xosefa Xovellanos prize) (1995). Principáu d'Asturies.
** ''El vientre del círculu'' ('The Circle's Belly') (1996). Editora del Norte.
** ''Venus, Occidente y otros cuentos éticos'' ('Venus, Occident and some Other Ethical Short Stories') (1997). Trabe.
** ''Nunca nun te fíes de la xente que nun enseña los dientes al rise'' ('Don't Trust Anyone Who Doesn't Show his Teeth when Smiling') (1998). Atenéu Obreru de Xixón.
** ''Nueche'' ('Night') (2002). Ámbitu.
** ''Suañé Cabu Verde. Nunca ye endemasiao tiempu'' ('I dreamed Cape Verde. Time is Never Too Much') (2003). Ámbitu.
* Young adult literature
** ''Blugás (Prímula I)'' (1993). Trabe.
* Theatre:
**''Psicokiller'' ('Psycho-killer') (1993). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
** ''País. Una traxicomedia asturiana'' ('Country. An Asturian Tragical Comedy') (2004). Madú.
* Monologue
** ''Nelón y el sexu sentíu (y otros socedíos)'' ('Nelón and the Sex Sense (and some Other Facts)') (2002). Trabe.
* Essay:
** ''Pentimento I'' (1992). Azucel.
** ''El cine fantaterrorífico español : una aproximación al género fantaterrorífico en España a través del cine de Paul Naschy'' ('Fantasterrific Spanish Cinema: Approximation to Fantastic and Terror Films Using
Paul Naschy
Jacinto Molina Álvarez (September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009) known by his stage name Paul Naschy, was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures&md ...
's Movies', in
spanish language
Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ...
) (1993). Santa Bárbara.
** ''El teatru popular asturianu'' ('Asturian Popular Theatre') (2002). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
* Journalism:
** ''In articulo mortis'' (articles) (2005). Madú.
* Translations:
** José Viale Moutinho: ''Mázcares venecianes'' (1989). Aína.
** José Viale Moutinho: ''Cuentos fantásticos'' (with
Xandru Fernández) (1992). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
** Jules Verne: ''L’eternu Adán'' (1992). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
** José Viale Moutinho: ''Nombres de árboles quemados'' (in Spanish language) (1993). Ateneo Obrero de Gijón.
**
Paul Valéry
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher.
In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, m ...
: ''El cementeriu marín'' (2003). Trabe.
**
Raúl Vallarino: ''Los suaños del delanteru centru'' (2003). Trabe.
External links
Library of asturian writers Bibliography (until 1998) and a fragment of ''L'home que quería ser una estatua''(in Asturian language)
(in Asturian language)
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1963 births
Living people
People from Aller, Asturias
Spanish male writers
Writers from Asturias
Asturian language
University of Oviedo alumni