Julio Llamazares: books he has written

Julio Llamazares He is one of the best-known writers in Spain, but not only for his role as an author, but also as a Spanish film scriptwriter and poet. Julio Llamazares's books have been numerous since he began his career in letters, especially in the genres of poetry, narration and travel notebook.

The author of 'The Yellow Rain' or 'Moon of Wolves' has many books to his credit. And that is what we are going to show you next.

Who is Julio Llamazares

First of all, we want you to know who Julio Llamazares is. Full name Julio Alonso Llamazares, was born in Vegamián, a I can already disappeared from León. There, his father, Nemesio Alonso, worked as a teacher before the Porma reservoir destroyed the town.

In reality, Julio Llamazares should not have been born in Vegamián, as his family belonged to La Mata de Bérbula. However, fate had prepared another location for him to be born.

After Vegamián disappeared, the whole family moved to Olleros de Sabero and it was there that he lived all his childhood, straddling this town and Sabero.

Despite that Julio Llamazares studies focused on Law, and he graduated from this career, the truth is that in the end he left the job he was doing and decided to dedicate himself to written, television and radio journalism in Madrid. A city in which you currently reside.

His first appearance as an author was in 1985, when 'Luna de lobos' was published. This work began to write it in 1983 and two years later it saw the light with very good critics (it is necessary to bear in mind that it is one of the notable works of the writer). Three years later, in 1988, he published a second book, 'The Yellow Rain', with equal success.

These two works were finalists for the National Prize for Literature in the narrative genre. However, they were not the only finalists or who have won awards.

For example, in 1978 he won the Antonio González de Lama Award; in 1982 the Jorge Guillén Prize and a year later the Icarus Prize. In 2016 he was a finalist for the Castilla y León Critics Award for 'Different ways of looking at water'.

For his journalistic career he has received the El Correo Español-El Pueblo Vasco Journalism Award (1982) or the International Critics Week Award at the Cannes International Festival.

Books by Julio Llamazares

The first real book that Julio Llamazares published was in 1985. A novel. However, before that date he had made his first steps with a story, El entierro de Genarín, in 1981.

Those who have read the writer say that his way of writing is very intimate, he uses concrete and precise words, and that is characterized precisely by such detailed and careful descriptions. That is, they do not get heavy, but use the exact words you need to tell what is around the characters.

However, Julio Llamazares himself says of himself that he has a poetic vision, and, if we look at the poems he has written, compared to other genres they come to nothing.

It is true that he has known how to contribute that poetry to his way of writing, especially very close to the earth, mimicking the human being with nature. Perhaps that is why you feel more comfortable writing travel literature (this is one of the last books you have published).

And is that Julio Llamazares has published books of different genres, as we will see below.

Narrative

This was the first genre with which Julio Llamazares made himself known and he did not do it badly if we take into account that many of his books have been remarkably successful when released.

• The burial of Genarín (1981), short story
• Moon of wolves (1985), novel.
• The yellow rain (1988), novel.
• Silent film scenes (1994), short story.
• In the middle of nowhere (1995), story.
• Three true stories (1998), story.
• The travelers of Madrid (1998), story.
• The sky of Madrid (2005), novel.
• So much passion for nothing (2011), story.
• The tears of San Lorenzo (2013), novel.
• Different ways of looking at water (2015), novel.

Poetry

In this case the author does not have as much as in narrative, since there are only two books that comprise the collection of poems that he has published.

• The slowness of the oxen (1979).
• Memory of the snow (1982).

Press collaborations

Journalistic collaborations are opinion articles or reports. Although it seems that he has written little, in reality each of the titles encompasses periods of years. For example, Babia includes all the articles that he published in the years 1986 to 1991. In the case of Nobody listens, it is a compilation of the years 1991 and 1995. Finally, Between dog and wolf we would have the compilation from 1991 to 2007.

It should be borne in mind that from 1995 on, novels, short stories and other types of work meant that I had less time for collaborations.

• In Babia (1991).
• Nobody listens (1995).
• Between dog and wolf (2008).

Trips

Travel literature is one of the most liked by the author, especially because it combined the existence of man with nature and provided him with a tool to learn more about the land we walk on.

Thus, we can see that many of the books are written from his own experience, as chronicles of tours or trips that he carried out.

This genre is where we have the most recent publication of all Julio Llamazares's books.

• The river of oblivion (1990).
• Tras-os-Montes (1998).
• Duero Notebook (1999).
• The Stone Roses (2008).
• Atlas of imaginary Spain (2015).
• The voyage of Don Quixote (2016).
• The roses of the south (2018).
• Extremadura spring (2020).

Film scripts

If you look at the scripts he has written, We can highlight Luna de lobos, which is actually his own novel. The adaptation was his responsibility in the script. In addition, over the years he has had the opportunity to demonstrate his ability as a screenwriter in multiple films.

We leave them below.

• Portrait of a Bather (1984).
• The filandón (1985).
• Wolf Moon (1987).
• The source of age (1991).
• The roof of the world (1995).
• Flowers from another world (1999).
• In Praise of Distance (2009).

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