Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel
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Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel (born 1974, in Malaga
, Spain
) is a Spanish writer. He is renowned in his native country for being one of the greatest short-story writers of his generation and winner of an enormous number of awards proving that very thing.
In 1998 founded the literary review Estigma. Columnist and contributor for a number of relevant publications such as Anthropos, Clarín, Barcarola or El País, he has received more than fifty international awards for short stories in the Spanish language.
He also was finalist of the Clarín
Alfaguara Novel Award, Argentina
's most prestigious international literary prize, of which José Saramago
was president of the jury, for the novel The hypochondriac killer.
Nowadays, Muñoz Rengel lives in Madrid
, teaches in the Writer's Center Fuentetaja and manages a literary program in Radio Nacional de España
.
, while his second short stories book, De mecánica y alquimia, Premio Ignotus
Best Short Story Collection Award, extends its settings to all Europe, from 11th century to the next future.
His novel The hypochondriac killer is a crime fiction parody, with appearances of all famous hypochondriacs writers and philosophers.
His work has been translated into English, Italian and Russian, and right now is being rendered into several other languages in many countries.
Málaga
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, Spain
Spain
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) is a Spanish writer. He is renowned in his native country for being one of the greatest short-story writers of his generation and winner of an enormous number of awards proving that very thing.
Biography
Muñoz Rengel achieved the doctorate courses in Philosophy and worked as a teacher in Spain and UK.In 1998 founded the literary review Estigma. Columnist and contributor for a number of relevant publications such as Anthropos, Clarín, Barcarola or El País, he has received more than fifty international awards for short stories in the Spanish language.
He also was finalist of the Clarín
Clarin
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Alfaguara Novel Award, Argentina
Argentina
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's most prestigious international literary prize, of which José Saramago
José Saramago
José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor. Harold Bloom has described Saramago as "a...
was president of the jury, for the novel The hypochondriac killer.
Nowadays, Muñoz Rengel lives in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, teaches in the Writer's Center Fuentetaja and manages a literary program in Radio Nacional de España
Radio Nacional de España
is Spain's national public radio service. Since 1973 it has formed, together with , a part of , the corporation responsible for managing national public-service broadcasting in Spain.-Origins of RNE:...
.
Works
His first book, 88 Mill Lane, is a selection of fantasy stories set in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, while his second short stories book, De mecánica y alquimia, Premio Ignotus
Premio Ignotus
Premios Ignotus are annual Spanish literary awards that were created in 1991 by the Asociación Española de Fantasía, Ciencia Ficción y Terror . The awards, which are in the genres of science fiction and fantasy, are voted on by members of Hispacon, the national science fiction convention of Spain...
Best Short Story Collection Award, extends its settings to all Europe, from 11th century to the next future.
His novel The hypochondriac killer is a crime fiction parody, with appearances of all famous hypochondriacs writers and philosophers.
His work has been translated into English, Italian and Russian, and right now is being rendered into several other languages in many countries.