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'''Antonio Muñoz Molina''' (b. [[10 January]] [[1956]]) is a [[Spain|Spanish]] writer and, since [[8 June]] [[1995]], a full member of the [[Royal Spanish Academy]]. He currently resides in [[New York City]], [[United States]], where he serves as the director of the [[Instituto Cervantes]].
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| movement = Spanish Contemporary Literature
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'''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.
He was born in the town of [[Úbeda]] in [[Jaén province]].
He studied art history at the [[University of Granada]] and journalism in Madrid.
He began writing in the 1980s and 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]]''.


== Biography ==
His first novel, ''Beatus ille,'' appeared in 1986. It features the imaginary city of Mágina
Muñoz Molina was born in the town of [[Úbeda]] in [[Province of Jaén (Spain)|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]]''.
&ndash; a recreation of his [[Andalusia]]nm birthplace &ndash; which would reappear in some his later works.


His first novel, ''Beatus ille'', appeared in 1986. It features the imaginary city of Mágina&mdash;a re-creation of his [[Andalusia]]n birthplace&mdash;which would reappear in some of his later works.
In 1987 Muñoz Molina was awarded Spain's National Narrative Prize for ''El invierno en Lisboa'' (translated as ''Winter in Lisbon),'' a homage to the genres of [[film noir]] and [[jazz music]]. His ''El jinete polaco'' received the Planeta Prize in 1991 and, again, the National Narrative Prize in 1992.


In 1987 Muñoz Molina was awarded Spain's National Narrative Prize for ''El invierno en Lisboa'' (translated as ''Winter in Lisbon)'', a homage to the genres of [[film noir]] and [[jazz music]]. His ''El jinete polaco'' received the [[Planeta Prize]] in 1991 and, again, the National Narrative Prize in 1992.
The {{ll|English}}-language translation of his novel ''Sepharad'' won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize in 2004.


His other novels include ''Beltenebros'' (1989), a story of love and political intrigue in post-Civil War Madrid, ''Los misterios de Madrid'' (1992) and ''El dueño del secreto'' (1994).
His other novels include ''Beltenebros'' (1989), a story of love and political intrigue in post-[[Spanish Civil War|Civil War]] Madrid, ''Los misterios de Madrid'' (1992), and ''El dueño del secreto'' (1994).


Muñoz Molina was elected to Seat ''u'' of the [[Real Academia Española]] on 8 June 1995; he took up his seat on 16 June 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rae.es/academicos/antonio-munoz-molina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508235754/http://www.rae.es/academicos/antonio-munoz-molina |title=Antonio Muñoz Molina |publisher=Real Academia Española |archive-date=8 May 2014 |access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>
==Published works==
;''El Robinsón urbano,'' 1984.
;''Diario de Nautilus,'' 1985.
;''Beatus Ille,'' 1986.
;''El invierno en Lisboa,'' 1987.
;''Las otras vidas,'' 1988.
;''Beltenebros,'' 1989.
;''El jinete polaco,'' 1991.
;''Los misterios de Madrid,'' 1992.
;''Nada del otro mundo,'' 1993.
;''El dueño del secreto,'' 1994.
;''Las apariencias,'' 1995.
;''El ardor guerrero,'' 1995.
;''La huerta del Edén,'' 1996.
;''Pura alegría,'' 1996.
;''Plenilunio,'' 1997.
;''Carlota Feinberg,'' 1999.
;''En ausencia de Blanca,'' 2001.
;''Sefarad,'' 2001.
;''La vida por delante,'' 2002.
;''Las ventanas de Manhattan,'' 2004


Muñoz Molina is married to the Spanish author and journalist, [[Elvira Lindo]]. He currently resides in [[New York City]], United States, where he served as the director of the [[Instituto Cervantes]] from 2004 to 2005.
==Quotation==

:''Leer es el único acto soberano que nos queda.'' ("Reading is the only sovereign act we have left.")
[[Margaret Sayers Peden]]'s English translation of Muñoz Molina's novel ''Sepharad'' won the [[PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize]] in 2004. He also won the [[Jerusalem Prize]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/01/09/3116431/spanish-author-antonio-munoz-molina-to-receive-jerusalem-prize |title=Spanish author Antonio Munoz Molina to receive Jerusalem Prize at book fair |work=JTA |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> Isabelle Gugnon's French translation of Muñoz Molina's novel ''Un andar solitario entre la gente'' won the 2020 [[Prix Médicis étranger]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Médicis étranger |url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/prix-litteraires/tous-les-prix/le-medicis-etranger |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=www.livreshebdo.fr}}</ref>
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==Bibliography==
[[es:Antonio Muñoz Molina]]
* ''El Robinsón urbano'', 1984.
* ''Diario de Nautilus'', 1985.
* ''Beatus Ille'', 1986. English translation: ''A Manuscript of Ashes''. Trans. [[Edith Grossman]]. Orlando: Harcourt, 2008. {{ISBN|9780547541914}}.
* ''El invierno en Lisboa'', 1987. English translation: ''Winter in Lisbon''. Trans. Sonia Soto. London: Granta, 1999. {{ISBN|9781862071667}}.
* ''Las otras vidas'', 1988.
* ''Beltenebros'', 1989. English translation: ''Prince of Shadows''. Trans. [[Peter Bush (translator)|Peter R. Bush]]. London: Quartet, 1993. {{ISBN|9780704370388}}.
* ''Córdoba de los omeyas'', 1991.
* ''[[The Polish Rider (book)|El jinete polaco]]'', 1991.
* ''Los misterios de Madrid'', 1992.
* ''Nada del otro mundo'', 1993.
* ''El dueño del secreto'', 1994.
* ''Las apariencias'', 1995.
* ''Ardor guerrero'', 1995.
* ''La huerta del Edén'', 1996.
* ''Pura alegría'', 1996.
* ''Plenilunio'', 1997.
* ''Carlota Fainberg'', 1999.
* ''En ausencia de Blanca'', 2001. English translation: ''In her Absence''. Trans. [[Esther Allen]]. New York: Other Press, 2006. {{ISBN|9781590512531}}.
* ''Sefarad'', 2001. English translation: ''Sepharad''. Trans. [[Margaret Sayers Peden]]. Orlando: Harcourt, 2003. {{ISBN|9780156034746}}.
* ''La vida por delante'', 2002.
* ''Las ventanas de Manhattan'', 2004
* ''El viento de la luna'', 2006
* ''Días de diario'', 2007
* ''La noche de los tiempos'', 2009. English translation: ''In the Night of Time''. Trans. Edith Grossman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. {{ISBN|9780547547848}}.
* ''Todo lo que era sólido'', 2013
* ''[[Como la sombra que se va]]'', 2014. English translation: ''Like a Fading Shadow''. Trans. Camilo A. Ramirez. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. {{ISBN|9781250182432}}.
* ''Un andar solitario entre la gente'', 2018. English translation: ''To Walk Alone in the Crowd''. Trans. Guillermo Bleichmar. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. {{ISBN|9780374190255}}.
* ''Tus pasos en la escalera'', 2019. English translation: ''Your Steps on the Stairs''. Trans. Curtis Bauer. New York: Other Press, 2025. {{ISBN|9781635424355}}.
* ''El miedo de los niños'', 2020.
* ''Volver a dónde'', 2021.
* ''No te veré morir'', 2023.

==Notes==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100725035021/http://xn--antoniomuozmolina-nxb.es/ Official webpage] Includes articles, blog entries and a comprehensive bibliography.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101003025609/http://antoniomunozmolina.net/ English webpage] English link to the official webpage.
*[http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.cfm?id=4224 Books That Changed My Life] PEN World Voices at the New York Public Library May 4, 2008
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101108033251/http://knol.google.com/k/antonio-mu%C3%B1oz-molina%23 Mumonline | Open Directory]: the most comprehensive Internet directory about Antonio Muñoz Molina
* [http://www.marcshanker.com/#/traces-of-sepharad-huellas-de-sefarad/ ''''The Man of Proverbs'''' Muñoz Molina essay excerpt from ''''Traces of Sepharad (Huellas de Sefarad), Etchings of Judeo-Spanish Proverbs''']' by Marc Shanker, essays by Muñoz Molina and T.A. Perry
* '[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/books/i-m-a-stranger-here-myself.html ''I'm a Stranger Here Myself'', NY Times review of ''Sepharad'']
*[https://www.loc.gov/item/2016686138 Antonio Muñoz Molina recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on Mar. 12, 2015]

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Latest revision as of 18:21, 9 May 2025

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Molina.
The Most Excellent

Antonio Muñoz Molina
Muñoz Molina at Warsaw on 23 June 2018
Muñoz Molina at Warsaw on 23 June 2018
Born (1956-01-10) 10 January 1956 (age 69)
Úbeda (Jaén), Spain
OccupationNovelist
NationalitySpanish
Literary movementSpanish Contemporary Literature
Notable awardsNational Novel Prize (1988, 1992)
Premio Planeta (1991)
Jerusalem Prize (2013)
Prince of Asturias Award (2013)
Signature
Seat u of the Real Academia Española
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 June 1996[a]
Preceded bySeat established

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

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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 Muñoz Molina was awarded Spain's National Narrative Prize for El invierno en Lisboa (translated as Winter in Lisbon), a homage to the genres of film noir and jazz music. His El jinete polaco received the Planeta Prize in 1991 and, again, the National Narrative Prize in 1992.

His other novels include Beltenebros (1989), a story of love and political intrigue in post-Civil War Madrid, Los misterios de Madrid (1992), and El dueño del secreto (1994).

Muñoz Molina was elected to Seat u of the Real Academia Española on 8 June 1995; he took up his seat on 16 June 1996.[1]

Muñoz Molina is married to the Spanish author and journalist, Elvira Lindo. He currently resides in New York City, United States, where he served as the director of the Instituto Cervantes from 2004 to 2005.

Margaret Sayers Peden's English translation of Muñoz Molina's novel Sepharad won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize in 2004. He also won the Jerusalem Prize in 2013.[2] Isabelle Gugnon's French translation of Muñoz Molina's novel Un andar solitario entre la gente won the 2020 Prix Médicis étranger.[3]

Bibliography

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  • El Robinsón urbano, 1984.
  • Diario de Nautilus, 1985.
  • Beatus Ille, 1986. English translation: A Manuscript of Ashes. Trans. Edith Grossman. Orlando: Harcourt, 2008. ISBN 9780547541914.
  • El invierno en Lisboa, 1987. English translation: Winter in Lisbon. Trans. Sonia Soto. London: Granta, 1999. ISBN 9781862071667.
  • Las otras vidas, 1988.
  • Beltenebros, 1989. English translation: Prince of Shadows. Trans. Peter R. Bush. London: Quartet, 1993. ISBN 9780704370388.
  • Córdoba de los omeyas, 1991.
  • El jinete polaco, 1991.
  • Los misterios de Madrid, 1992.
  • Nada del otro mundo, 1993.
  • El dueño del secreto, 1994.
  • Las apariencias, 1995.
  • Ardor guerrero, 1995.
  • La huerta del Edén, 1996.
  • Pura alegría, 1996.
  • Plenilunio, 1997.
  • Carlota Fainberg, 1999.
  • En ausencia de Blanca, 2001. English translation: In her Absence. Trans. Esther Allen. New York: Other Press, 2006. ISBN 9781590512531.
  • Sefarad, 2001. English translation: Sepharad. Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. Orlando: Harcourt, 2003. ISBN 9780156034746.
  • La vida por delante, 2002.
  • Las ventanas de Manhattan, 2004
  • El viento de la luna, 2006
  • Días de diario, 2007
  • La noche de los tiempos, 2009. English translation: In the Night of Time. Trans. Edith Grossman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. ISBN 9780547547848.
  • Todo lo que era sólido, 2013
  • Como la sombra que se va, 2014. English translation: Like a Fading Shadow. Trans. Camilo A. Ramirez. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. ISBN 9781250182432.
  • Un andar solitario entre la gente, 2018. English translation: To Walk Alone in the Crowd. Trans. Guillermo Bleichmar. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. ISBN 9780374190255.
  • Tus pasos en la escalera, 2019. English translation: Your Steps on the Stairs. Trans. Curtis Bauer. New York: Other Press, 2025. ISBN 9781635424355.
  • El miedo de los niños, 2020.
  • Volver a dónde, 2021.
  • No te veré morir, 2023.

Notes

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  1. ^ Elected on 8 June 1995

References

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  1. ^ "Antonio Muñoz Molina". Real Academia Española. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  2. ^ Staff writer (9 January 2013). "Spanish author Antonio Munoz Molina to receive Jerusalem Prize at book fair". JTA. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Le Médicis étranger". www.livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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