Julio Llamazares facts for kids

Julio Llamazares.

Julio Llamazares (born March 28, 1955) is a Spanish writer. He was born in Vegamián, a small town in the León Province of Spain.

About Julio Llamazares

Julio Llamazares is a talented writer who creates poems, novels, essays, and news articles. He often writes about Spanish history and how people remember it. He also focuses on how old traditions in the countryside are slowly disappearing.

His work covers many different types of writing. He has written 6 novels, several poetry books, short stories, and travel guides. He has also written screenplays for movies and many newspaper articles. Since the 1980s, he has had a regular column in a major Spanish newspaper called El País. You might also have heard him on radio and TV.

His first books were collections of poems. These were La lentitud de los bueyes (published in 1979) and La memoria de la nieve (published in 1982).

His first novel, Luna de lobos (which means Wolf Moon), came out in 1985. It was even made into a movie in 1987! The movie was directed by Julio Sánchez Valdés. The story is about four friends who hide in the mountains during the early days of the Spanish Civil War. They tried to avoid the harsh rule of the Nationalists for nine years. This book has been translated into English as Wolf Moon. It shows the difficulties people faced during the time of Francoism (a period of strict rule in Spain).

His second novel, La Lluvia amarilla (The Yellow Rain), was published in 1988. This book tells the story of the very last person living in Ainielle. Ainielle is a village in the Pyrenees mountains of Spain. Today, the village is empty and in ruins.

Julio Llamazares has often said he doesn't want his books to be considered for awards. In 2016, he politely removed his novel, Distintas formas de mirar el agua, from a list for a prize. This shows he values his writing more than winning awards.

Julio Llamazares's Works

Novels and Stories

• Luna de lobos (1985)
• La lluvia amarilla (1988)
• Escenas del cine mudo (1994)
• En mitad de ninguna parte (1995), short stories
• Tres historias verdaderas (1998), short stories
• El cielo de Madrid (2005)
• Las lágrimas de San Lorenzo (2013)
• Distintas formas de mirar el agua (2015)
• Vagalume (2023)

Poetry Collections

• La lentitud de los bueyes (1979)
• Memoria de la nieve (1982)
• Versos y Ortigas: 1973-2008 (2009)

Essays and Articles

• El entierro de Genarín: Evangelio apócrifo del último heterodoxo español (1981)
• En Babia (1991), newspaper articles
• Nadie escucha (1995), newspaper articles
• En mitad de ninguna parte (1995), newspaper articles
• Los viajeros de Madrid (1998), newspaper articles
• Modernos y elegantes (2006), newspaper articles
• Entre perro y lobo (2008), newspaper articles

Travel Books

• El río del olvido (1990)
• Trás-os-montes (1998)
• Cuaderno del Duero (1999)
• Las rosas de piedra (2008)
• Atlas de la España imaginaria (2015)
• El viaje de Don Quijote (2016)
• Las rosas del sur (2018)

Screenplays for Movies

• Retrato de un bañista (1984)
• Luna de lobos (1987)
• El techo del mundo (1995)
• Flores de otro mundo (1999)

Other Works

• Antología y Voz; El Búho Viajero (2007), an anthology
• Historia de una pasión included in Cristina García Rodero Second edition (2008). ISBN: 9788492841004.

Books Translated into English

Novels

• The Yellow Rain (La lluvia amarilla) translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Harvill Press (2003) ISBN: 018-604695-2
• Wolf Moon (Luna de lobos) translated by Simon Deefholts & Kathryn Phillips-Miles, Peter Owen Publishers/Istros Books, (2017) ISBN: 978-07206-1949-2

Essays & Articles

• My childhood hero has died (Muere el héroe de mi infancia) translated by Simon Deefholts & Kathryn Phillips-Miles, included as Afterword in Wolf Moon, Peter Owen Publishers/Istros Books, (2017). This article was first published in La Crónica de León, 2004.
• Postmemory (La posmemoria) translated by Simon Deefholts & Kathryn Phillips-Miles, published on Peter Owen Publishers website (2017). This article was first published in El País, 2006.

Awards Julio Llamazares Has Won

• 1978: Premio Antonio González de Lama
• 1982: Premio Jorge Guillén
• 1983: Premio Ícaro
• 1992: Premio de Periodismo El Correo Español-El pueblo vasco
• 1993: Premio Nonino
• 1994: Premio Cardo d’Oro
• 1994: Premio ITAS del libro dei montagni
• 1999: "Best film" in International Critics’ Week at the Cannes International Festival (shared with Icíar Bollaín)

See also

In Spanish: Julio Llamazares para niños