Contemporary Spanish writers

Contemporary Spanish writers have been noted for being very prolific. In recent decades the country has seen the birth of several renowned pens that continue to enrich its literature. Therefore, these authors can be considered worthy heirs of the legacy left by Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Lorca, Quevedo, Bécquer, Pérez Galdós, among other "heroes."

Through different genres, these writers have captivated their audience nationally and internationally. Some of them have even achieved millionaire editorial figures, such is the case of Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964-2020) and Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Similarly, it is worth noting the work of talented young people such as Nacho Carretero or Francisco Javier Olmedo. Next, a list with part of these writers.

Arturo Perez-Reverte

On November 25, 1951, the Spanish city of Cartagena saw the birth of Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez. He obtained his degree in Journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid, a career in which he worked from 1973 to 1994. Also His most important coverage were the Falklands war, the war in Bosnia and the coup in Tunisia..

Although his first work as a writer was the novel Hussar (1986), the works that really gave him notoriety were The Flanders table (1990) and The Dumas club (1993). Three years later he published the historical novel Captain Alatriste (1996) This title It sold millions of copies and was the first in a 7-book saga.

Since 2003, Arturo Pérez-Reverte belongs to the group of illustrated people of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), where he occupies armchair T. In 2016 he created the website for books "Zenda" and presented Falco, the first installment of a successful trilogy later completed with Eva (2017) and Sabotage (2018). In 2020 his most recent works arrived: Fire line y The cave of the cyclops.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

On September 25, 1964, at the Del Pilar Clinic in Barcelona, ​​Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born. His first studies were carried out at the Colegio de los Jesuitas de Sarria. From a very young age he showed his interest in writing; I created little 3-page stories between horror and alien themes. At just 15 years old, he finished his first novel titled: The Harlequin Labyrinth.

During his first year in Information Sciences (Autonomous University of Barcelona), he received a job offer in the advertising field. He worked with the renowned companies: Ogilvy, Moon, Tandem / DDB and Mc Cann World Group. Carried out several advertising campaigns for Volkswagen, including that of Golf and his slogan: “getting there first is not important, but someone has to do it”.

In 1992, Ruiz Zafón left the advertising field to dedicate himself fully to literature. A year later he released his first novel, The Prince of Mist. This title represented an auspicious literary debut, as it was the winner of the Edebe Prize. Furthermore, his story was continued with The palace of the night (1994) and September lights (1995) to complete the Fog Trilogy.

His most outstanding work appeared in the year 2000, The wind's shadow. With this publication, the Spanish writer obtained the category of "bestseller", thanks to his more than 15 million copies marketed. Carlos Ruiz Zafón passed away on June 19, 2020 in the city of Los Angeles, United States, after fighting colon cancer for two years.

Nacho Carter

In 1981, the Spanish city of La Coruña saw the birth of Nacho Carretero Pou. Since he was a child he was motivated to write by his grandmother. He studied film at the TAI University School of Arts. Later, began his journalistic career at Radio Coruña, Cadena SER. In parallel, he worked as an editor for the magazines jot down, Xl Weekly, orsai y What!, among other. Also, he was part of the newspaper El Mundo.

Throughout his journalistic career, he has made impressive reports at the international level. Among those, the genocide in Rwanda, the Ebola virus in Africa, drug trafficking in Galicia and the civil war in Syria. In 2015 he released his first book: Fariña, which quickly positioned itself as number 1 in sales. Later the work was adapted into a TV series by Netflix, where it has enjoyed a huge audience.

Another of the most outstanding works of Nacho Carretero is In the corridor of the cave (2018), based on the controversial case of Pablo Ibar. (One year later Movistar Plus I air the homonymous series). In 2018 he presented It seems better to us, a very emotional text about the history of the Deportivo La Coruña football team. Finally, in 2019 the play was released Fariña, with a successful tour of Galicia.

Fernando Aramburu

Fernando Aramburu Irigoyen was born in 1959 in the city of San Sebastián (capital of the province of Guipúzcoa), Basque Country. In 1983 he graduated with a degree in Hispanic Philology from the University of Zaragoza. During his youth he belonged to the founders of the CLOC Group, an experience that he reflected in his first novel: Fires with lemon (1996), winner of the Ramón Gómez de la Serna Award.

In 1985 he moved to Germany, where he initially dedicated himself to teaching Spanish language classes to relatives of immigrants. Later, presented the first book of the Antibula Trilogy, Empty eyes (2000) This title was continued by The trumpeter of Utopia (2003) and Bami no shadow (2005). In 2009 he left teaching to deal only with literature.

Today, Fernando Aramburu is a renowned writer, novelist, poet, and essayist.. Among his best known texts are The fish of bitterness (2006) —winner of the RAE Prize, among multiple and important recognitions— and Homeland (2016). This last novel was worthy of the National Prize for Literature.

Francisco Javier Olmedo Vasquez

The Cordoba writer born in 1980, is currently one of the main representatives in the thriller and science fiction genres. From a very young age he demonstrated his extraordinary imagination, sometimes with dark and unreal themes. Despite his interest in literature, in 1998 he decided to study Computer Engineering, not knowing that this would change his life forever.

Since in his first week of classes he "met" (through a friend) Howard Phillips Lovecraft, one of the best exponents of terror. The American writer's narratives helped Olmedo direct all those ideas trapped in his imagination since childhood. In 2016, he honored his "mentor" in his first book, Vestiges of a forgotten world.

Among the most notorious works of Olmedo Vásquez are: Under our feet (2017) and Bastard (2019). Both were winners of the Forolibro Award (best novel in the 2018 and 2020 editions, respectively). His most recent posts are Children of the mist (2019) and The fourth apostle (2020)