Vicente Molina Foix facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Vicente Molina Foix
Born	18 October 1946 Elche, Spain
Occupation	Writer
Language	spanish
Nationality	Spanish
Alma mater	University of Oxford

Vicente Molina Foix (born on October 18, 1946) is a well-known Spanish writer and film director. He has written many books and directed movies, becoming an important figure in Spanish culture.

Early Life and Education

Vicente Molina Foix was born in Elche, Spain, in 1946. He went to college at the Complutense University in Madrid. He also studied in London, England. Later, he taught Spanish literature at the University of Oxford from 1976 to 1979.

Writing Career

Vicente Molina Foix first became known as a young poet. His poems were featured in a famous collection of new Spanish poetry in 1970. This collection was put together by the author José María Castellet.

He also wrote a book called New Cinema in Spain. This book looked at Spanish movies made from World War II up to 1976. He found success writing both fiction (made-up stories) and non-fiction (true stories). In 1973, he won the Premio Barral award for his second novel, Busto.

Molina Foix wrote the words for an opera called El viajero indiscreto in 1990. The music for this opera was composed by Luis de Pablo. He has also written for the national newspaper El País and the magazine Fotogramas.

Film Directing

In 2001, Vicente Molina Foix started directing films. He has directed two feature films. His first movie was Sagitario (film) (2001), which starred Ángela Molina and Eusebio Poncela. His second film was El dios de madera (2010).

An interesting fact is that the famous film director Stanley Kubrick chose Molina Foix to translate his movie scripts.

Selected Works

Vicente Molina Foix has written many books, including novels and poetry.

Novels

• Busto (1973) - This book won the Premio Barral.
• Los padres viudos (1983) - This book won the Premio Azorín.
• La quincena soviética (1988) - This book won the Premio Herralde.
• La comunión de los atletas (1989)
• La misa de Baroja (1995)
• La mujer sin cabeza (1997)
• El vampiro de la calle México (2002) - This book won the Premio Alfonso García Ramos.
• El abrecartas (2007) - This book won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa, which is a very important national award for fiction.
• El invitado amargo (2014) - He wrote this book with Luis Cremades.

Poetry

• Los espías del realista (1970)
• Vanas penas de amor (1998)
• La musa furtiva, a collection of his poetry from 1967 to 2012 (2012)
• Antinoo ciego (1989) - This book included poetry by Leopoldo Alas and others for Signos Magazine.

See also

In Spanish: Vicente Molina Foix para niños

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