Agustín Gómez-Arcos

Agustín Gómez-Arcos
Agustín Gómez-Arcos in Paris
Born (1933-01-15)January 15, 1933
Spain Enix, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
Died March 20, 1998(1998-03-20) (aged 65)
France París, France
Occupation Writer
Genre Novel, theater and poetry
Notable awards Inter Book Prize

Agustin Gomez-Arcos (15 January 1933 – 20 March 1998) was a Spanish writer. He was born in Enix, Spain.[1] He studied law but quit university for theater. However, some of his work was banned in caudillo Franco's Spain. He emigrated to London in 1966, then to Paris in 1968 and wrote primarily in French, often with themes condemning the Francoist State. He died in Paris of cancer.[1]

Novels

  • L'Agneau carnivore, 1975; won the 1975 Hermès Prize. (Translated from the original French by William Rodarmor as The Carnivorous Lamb for David Godine, Boston in 1984; reprinted in 2007 by Arsenal Press, Vancouver.)
  • Maria Republica, 1976
  • Ana non, 1977; won the 1977 Livre Inter prize, the 1978 Roland Dorgelès Prize and the Thyde Monnier Prize
  • Scène de chasse (furtive), 1978
  • Pré-papa ou Roman de fées, 1979
  • L'enfant miraculée, 1981
  • L'enfant pain, 1983
  • Un oiseau brûlé vif, 1984 (A Bird Burned Alive, 1988)
  • Bestiaire, 1986
  • L'homme à genoux, 1989
  • L'aveuglon, 1990
  • Mère Justice, 1992
  • La femme d'emprunt, 1993
  • L'ange de chair, 1995

References

  1. 1 2 Gómez-Arcos, Agustín (December 1, 2007). "Appendices". In O'Neill, Jamie. The Carnivorous Lamb. Arsenal Pulp Press. p. 215. ISBN 9781551523019.


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