Manuel Rivas

Writing

Born: 1957-10-24
From: A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Manuel Rivas (born in A Coruña, Spain on 24 October 1957) is a Galician writer, poet and journalist. He began his career in some Spanish newspapers like El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El País, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. Rivas has written well known poems, novels, articles and literature essays. Rivas is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain, and played an important role during the Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast. Some of his work has been adapted to cinema, such as A lingua das bolboretas and O Lápis do Carpinteiro. Rivas's book Qué me quieres, amor? (1996), a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film A lingua das bolboretas ("Butterfly"). O lápis do carpinteiro ("The Carpenter's Pencil") has been published in nine countries and is the most widely translated work in the history of Galician literature.

Awards & Nominations10 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Spanish Critics' Prize for Best Galician Language Prose

2024
🏆 Won

Spanish Literature National Prize

2024
🏆 Won

Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts

2022
🏆 Won

Spanish Critics' Prize for Best Galician Language Prose

2015
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honorary doctorate of the University of La Coruña

2011
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Spanish Critics' Prize for Best Galician Language Prose

Books burn badly

2006
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Spanish Critics' Prize for Best Galician Language Prose

The Carpenter's Pencil

1998
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National Novel Prize

Q9098070

1996
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Premio Torrente Ballester

Q9098070

1995
🏆 Won

Spanish Critics' Prize for Best Galician Language Prose

Q6155571

1989