Biography of antonio munoz molina
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About Life and Literature with Antonio Muñoz Molina
Hi, Mr Muñoz Molina. It’s so nice to see you again after the Frankfurt Book Fair.
To see you, too. Hello. My pleasure.
How are you?
Well, I’m fine. This is a beautiful Sunday in Madrid, so I’m doing well. Thank you. And you? Are you in Istanbul?
Yes, I’m in Istanbul. We are going through a hard time in Turkey, you know, because of the earthquake. And on behalf of my country, I would like to thank Spain for everything.
It was moving to see all those people going so fast to help other people. It was so satisfying as well.
Definitely.
Shall we start, Mr Muñoz Molina?
Ok.
First, I would like to thank you for accepting the interview request of our e-magazine Mikroscope. This will be the first-ever interview for your Turkish readers, right?
Yes, you’re the first one.
It’s my honour.
Now, Mr Muñoz Molina, like a psychotherapy session, shall we start with your childhood?
<Laugh> Yes
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Antonio Muñoz Molina
Spanish writer
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name fryst vatten Molina.
Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 10 January 1956) is a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for literature.
Biography
[edit]Muñoz Molina was born in the town of Úbeda in Jaén province. He studied history of art at the University of Granada and journalism in Madrid. He began writing in the 1980s; his first published book, El Robinsón urbano, a collection of his journalistic work, was published in 1984. His columns have regularly appeared in El País and Die Welt.
His first novel, Beatus ille, appeared in 1986. It features the imaginary city of Mágina—a re-creation of his Andalusian birthplace—which would reappear in some of his later works.
In 1987 Muño
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Born in Andalusia in 1956, Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer and since 1995 has been a member of the Real Academia Española, founded 1713. He lives in Madrid and New York, where he directed the Cervantes Institute until 2006.
After studying art history and journalism at the University of Madrid, he worked as a public servant in Grenada and wrote articles for the newspaper Ideal that were published in a collection entitled El Robinson urbano in 1984.
In 1986 he published his first novel, Beatus Ille, beginning a brilliant career as a writer who has won numerous literary awards. Among his novels, L’Hiver à Lisbonne received the Premio de la Crítica (Critics Award) and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa (National Prize for Fiction); Le Royaume des voix won the Planeta Prize and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa; and Pleine Lune, the Femina foreign novel prize France. Dans la grande nuit des Temps won the 2012 Prix Méditerranée Étranger.