David Hernández de la Fuente facts for kids

Quick facts for kids David Hernández de la Fuente
Born	1974 (1974) Madrid
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid
Scientific career
Fields	Classics
Institutions	Complutense University of Madrid

David Hernández de la Fuente (born in Madrid in 1974) is a Spanish writer, translator, and university professor. He is an expert in Classics, which means he studies the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

About David Hernández de la Fuente

David Hernández de la Fuente was born in Madrid in 1974. He studied at the Complutense University of Madrid. He earned degrees in Classics, Spanish Philology (the study of language in historical texts), and Law. He also has two PhDs in Classics and Sociology (the study of human society).

After finishing his studies, he taught Classical Studies at the Charles III University of Madrid. He also worked as a Fellow at the Humboldt Foundation in Germany. Later, he became a Professor at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Spain. He has visited many universities around the world, including Columbia University in the USA and the University of Florence in Italy.

Currently, he is a Professor of Greek Philology at the Complutense University of Madrid. This means he teaches about the Greek language and literature from ancient times.

His Fiction Books

David Hernández de la Fuente began writing fiction in 2004. His first book, Las puertas del sueño, won the Young Artists Prize of the Community of Madrid. Since then, he has published many novels and short stories. His experimental novel Continental (2007) was praised by critics.

He also won the important Valencia Prize for Narrative for his novel A cubierto (2011). Other books he has written include the travel diary s/t and the novels La caverna de las cigarras, El retorno de los Heraclidas, and El origen del vellocino de oro.

His Non-Fiction Books

Besides fiction, David Hernández de la Fuente has written many non-fiction books about Classics and the Ancient World. Some of his well-known books are Oráculos griegos (about Greek oracles), De Galatea a Barbie, and Vidas de Pitágoras (about the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras).

His book on Pythagoras was even named "Book of the Year" by a cultural newspaper. His latest essay, El despertar del alma (2017), which is about the Greek gods Dionysos and Ariadne, has also received great reviews.

He has also helped edit many books with other experts. He has translated and written comments on works by famous classical authors like Nonnus of Panopolis, Plutarch, Plato, and Pindar.

Awards and Achievements

David Hernández de la Fuente has received several awards and fellowships for his work:

• Prize for Young Narrative. Community of Madrid (2004) for Las puertas del sueño.
• Prize of the Pastor Foundation for Classical Studies (2005).
• Fellowship of the Humboldt Foundation (2009).
• "Valencia" Prize for Narrative. Province of Valencia (2010) for A cubierto.
• Vidas de Pitágoras: Book of the Year (Biographies) in El País (2011).
• Burgen Scholarship Award 2014. Academia Europaea.

His Published Works

Fiction

• El origen del vellocino de oro (2017)
• El regreso de los Heraclidas (2017)
• La caverna de las cigarras (2011)
• s/t (2011)
• A cubierto (2011)
• Continental (2007)
• 'El último dálmata' in Inmenso estrecho. Cuentos sobre inmigración (2005)
• Las puertas del sueño (2005)

Non-fiction

• Prolegómenos a una ciencia de la antigüedad (2023)
• El hilo de oro. Los clásicos en el laberinto de hoy (2021)
• El despertar del alma. Dioniso y Ariadna: Mito y Misterio (2017)
• Breve historia política del mundo clásico (with Pedro Barceló) (2017)
• Mitología clásica (2015)
• El mito de Orfeo. Motivos, símbolos y tradición literaria (with Carlos García Gual) (2014)
• Civilización Griega (with Raquel López Melero) (2014)
• Breve Historia de Bizancio (2014)
• Vidas de Pitágoras (2011, revised 2014)
• Las máscaras del hidalgo (2010, revised 2022)
• Bakkhos Anax. Un estudio sobre Nono de Panópolis (2008)
• Oráculos griegos (2008)
• La mitología contada con sencillez (2005)
• Lovecraft. Una mitología (2004, revised 2017)

Edited books

• Shaping the "Divine Man" Holiness, Charisma and Leadership in the Graeco-Roman World (edited with Marco Alviz Fernández) (2023)
• Breve historia política del mundo clásico (edited with Pedro Barceló) (2017)
• De ὅρος a limes: el concepto de frontera en el mundo antiguo y su recepción (edited with Marco Alviz Fernández) (2017)
• De Orfeo a David Lynch: Mito, Simbolismo y Recepción. Ensayos y ficciones (edited with Fernando Broncano) (2015)
• New Perspectives on Late Antiquity in the Eastern Roman Empire (edited with Ana de Francisco Heredero and Susana Torres Prieto) (2014)
• Historia del pensamiento político griego: teoría y praxis (with Pedro Barceló) (2014)
• El espejismo del bárbaro. Ciudadanos y extranjeros al final de la Antigüedad (edited with David Álvarez Jiménez and Rosa Sanz Serrano) (2013)
• The Theodosian Age (AD 379–455): Power, Place, Belief and Learning at the End of the Western Empire (edited with Rosa García-Gasco and Sergio González Sánchez) (2013)
• De Prometeo a Frankenstein: autómatas, ciborgs y otras creaciones más que humanas (edited with Fernando Broncano) (2012)
• New Perspectives on Late Antiquity (ed.) (2011)
• De Galatea a Barbie: Autómatas, robots y otras figuras de la construcción femenina (edited with Fernando Broncano) (2010)
• Cuadernos del abismo: homenaje a H.P. Lovecraft (edited with Fernando Broncano) (2008, revised 2009)
• Oráculos griegos (2008)

Translations

• Nicos Cavadías, La Cruz del Sur. Poesía completa (2021)
• Pedro Barceló, Alejandro Magno (2011)
• Nonnus, Dionisíacas. Cantos XXXVII-XLVIII (2008)
• Plutarch, Vidas paralelas. Vol. V: Cimón-Lúculo (2007)
• Bryan Ward-Perkins, La caída de Roma y el fin de la civilización (trans. with Manuel Cuesta) (2007)
• Nonnus, Dionisíacas. Cantos XXV-XXXVI (2004)
• Cantar de Ruodlieb (2002, revised 2010)
• Nonnus, Dionisíacas. Cantos XIII-XXIV (2001)

See also

In Spanish: David Hernández de la Fuente para niños