Julián Ríos

Julián Ríos (born 11 March 1941, in Vigo, Galicia) is a Spanish writer, most frequently classified as a postmodernist,^[1] whom Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes has called "the most inventive and creative" of Spanish-language writers.^[2] His first two books were co-written with Octavio Paz.

His best known work, experimental and heavily influenced by the verbal inventiveness of James Joyce,^[3] was published in 1983 under the title Larva.

Personal life

Ríos lives and works in France, on the outskirts of Paris.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

Books

Puente de alma, Ed. Galaxia Gutenberg, 2009
Quijote e hijos, Ed. Galaxia Gutenberg, 2008
Larva y otras noches de Babel. Antología. Ed. F.C.E., 2008
Cortejo de sombras: la novela de Tamoga, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2008
Nuevos sombreros para Alicia, Seix Barral, 2001 (expanded version of 1993 book)
La vida sexual de las palabras, Ed. Seix Barral, 2000
Monstruario, Seix Barral, 1999
Epifanías sin fin, Ed. Literatura y ciencia, 1995
Amores que atan o Belles letres, Siruela, 1995
Sombreros para Alicia, Muchnik Editores, 1993
Retrato de Antonio Saura, Círculo de Arte, 1991
Poundemonium, Ed. Llibres del Mall, 1985
Larva. Babel de una noche de San Juan, Ed. Llibres del Mall, 1983
Teatro de signos. Ed. Fundamentos, 1974 (with Octavio Paz)
Solo a dos voces. Ed. Lumen, 1973 (with Octavio Paz)

In English

Loves That Bind
Monstruary
Kitaj: Pictures and Conversations, about American artist R. B. Kitaj
Poundemonium
Larva: A Midsummer Night's Babel
House of Ulysses
Procession of Shadows. Translated by Nick Caistor. Dalkey Archive Press. 2011.^[4]

Interviews

Interview with Julian Rios

References

↑ Interview with Julián Ríos, Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Context, University of Illinois.
↑ La era Ríos^{[permanent dead link]}, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2 April 2008.
↑ The Sexual Life of the Words by Julian Rivers by Elsa Dehennin – Centro Virtual Cervantes Dennehin calls Ríos "the Spanish Joyce", p. 67
↑ An extract was published in the Spring 2011 issue of The Hudson Review and in Henderson, Bill, ed. (2013). The Pushcart Prize XXXVII: Best of the Small Presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 564–576.

[1] Interview with Julián Ríos, Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Context, University of Illinois.

[2] La era Ríos^{[permanent dead link]}, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2 April 2008.

[3] The Sexual Life of the Words by Julian Rivers by Elsa Dehennin – Centro Virtual Cervantes Dennehin calls Ríos "the Spanish Joyce", p. 67

[4] An extract was published in the Spring 2011 issue of The Hudson Review and in Henderson, Bill, ed. (2013). The Pushcart Prize XXXVII: Best of the Small Presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 564–576.

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