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Germán Espinosa

Biography

Germán Espinosa was born in Cartagena in 1938. After studying at the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, he started writing poetry and short stories. He wrote his first novel in 1967 but it was not published till 1994. His second novel, Los cortejos del diablo [The Retinues of the Devil], published in 1970 brought him considerable attention. In particular, Mario Vargas Llosa praised his work. His novel La tejedora de coronas [Weaver of Crowns] received particular acclaim. He wrote many works, including poetry, stories, novels, journalism and non-fiction. None of his works has been translated into English. He was known as Gabo sin Nobel, i.e. Gabriel García Márquez without the Nobel Prize. He died in 2007. His son is the painter Adrián Espinosa.

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Bibliography

1954 Letanías del crepúsculo (poetry)
1965 La noche de la trapa: cuentos 1961-1964 (stories)
1966 El basileus (drama)
1970 Los cortejos del diablo (novel)
1973 Anatomía de un traidor (journalism)
1974 Reinvención del amor (poetry)
1976 Los doce infiernos (stories)
1979 El magnicidio (novel)
1980 Libro de conjuros, Roldanillo (poetry)
1982 Caso Handel: punto final (journalism)
1982 La tejedora de coronas (novel)
1987 El signo del pez (novel)
1988 Noticias de un convento frente al mar (stories)
1989 Guillermo Valencia (essay)
1989 Luis Carlos López (essay)
1990 Sinfonía desde el nuevo mundo [Symphony from the New World] (novel)
1991 Orika de los palenques (stories)
1991 La liebre en la luna (essay)
1991 La tragedia de Belinda Elsner (novel)
1992 La aventura del lenguaje (essay)
1992 Los ojos del basilisco (novel)
1994 La lluvia en el rastrojo (novel)
1995 Canciones interludiales (poetry)
1995 Diario de un circunnavegante (poetry)
1995 Obra Poética (poetry)
1998 Cuentos completos (stories)
1998 El naipe negro de Tony (stories)
1998 Federico Lleras Acosta: la guerra contra lo invisible (biography)
1998 Lino de Rombo: el sabio de las siete esferas (biography)
1999 Romanza para murciélagos (stories)
1999 Crónicas de un caballero andante: 1958-1999 (short prose pieces)
2000 Personajes del mundo: biografías de los hombres y mujeres que han efectuado aportes determinantes para la historia y el progreso de la humanidad (biography)
2001 Sus mejores cuentos: antología personal (stories)
2001 La balada del pajarillo (novel)
2001 La elipse de la codorniz: ensayos disidentes (essay)
2001 Quien se aleja soy yo: poesía 1991-2000, (poetry)
2002 Ensayos completes (essay)
2002 Los oficios y los años: prosas de juventud (short prose pieces)
2003 La verdad sea dicha: mis memorias (memoirs)
2003 Rubén Darío y la sacerdotisa de Amón (novel)
2004 Cuando se besan las sombras (novel)
2005 El papel del perro en la transformación del hombre en mono… y otros ensayos (essay)
2005 La vida misteriosa de los sueños (essay)
2005 Torquemada: el fraile diabólico (biography)
2007 Aitana (novel)
2008 Clave de… mí : poemas escogidos (1950-2007) (poetry)
2008 Herejías y ortodoxias (essay)
2009 La máscara amorosa de la muerte (stories)
2010 El espejo retrovisor : prosas dispersas: 1974-2007 (short prose pieces)