Eduardo Lago facts for kids

Eduardo Lago (born on June 16, 1954) is a Spanish writer, translator, and literary critic. He was born in Madrid, Spain, and now lives in Manhattan, New York, United States. He is known for his novels and for his work as a translator.

Eduardo Lago has received important awards for his writing. In 2002, he won the Bartolomé March Award for his literary criticism. This award recognized his detailed comparison of different Spanish translations of James Joyce’s famous novel, Ulysses. Later, in 2006, he won the Premio Nadal, which is Spain's oldest and most respected literary prize. He received this award for his first novel, Llámame Brooklyn, which means Call Me Brooklyn.

For many years, Eduardo Lago interviewed North American writers. He wrote these interviews for Babelia, a special literary section in the Spanish newspaper El País. He also has a background in teaching. In 2005, he became the Director of the Cervantes Institute in New York. This institute is a place that promotes the Spanish language and culture around the world. After working there, he returned to teaching in 2011. He teaches Spanish, Spanish literature, and European Literature at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers.

Order of Finnegans

Eduardo Lago is one of the people who helped start a special group called the Order of Finnegans. This group gets its name from a pub in Dalkey, Ireland. Some people also think the name comes from James Joyce’s last novel, Finnegans Wake.

The members of the Order of Finnegans greatly admire James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. They try to attend Bloomsday every year in Dublin on June 16th. Bloomsday is a long day of celebrations that honors the events in Ulysses. It ends in the evening at the Martello tower in Sandycove, which is where the novel begins. During the celebration, people read parts of Ulysses and then walk to Finnegans pub in the nearby village of Dalkey. The other four people who helped start this group are Enrique Vila-Matas, Jordi Soler, Antonio Soler, and Malcolm Otero Barral.

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In Spanish: Eduardo Lago para niños