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Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos rwiθ θaˈfon]; 25 September 1964 – 19 June 2020) was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind). The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in the list of the one hundred best books in Spanish in the last twenty-five years, made in 2007 by eighty-one Latin American and Spanish writers and critics. Biography Ruiz Zafón was born in Barcelona. His grandparents had worked in a factory and his father sold insurance. Ruiz Zafón began his working life in advertising. In the 1990s he moved to Los Angeles where he worked briefly in screen writing. He was fluent in English.Ruiz Zafón died of colorectal cancer in Los Angeles on 19 June 2020. Literary career Ruiz Zafón's first novel, El príncipe de la niebla 1993 (The Prince of Mist, published in English in 2010), earned the Edebé literary prize for young adult fiction. He was also the author of three additional young adult novels, El palacio de la medianoche (1994), Las luces de septiembre (1995) and Marina (1999). In 2001 he published his first adult novel La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind, Lucia Graves' English translation published in 2004), a Gothic mystery that involves Daniel Sempere's quest to track down the man responsible for destroying every book written by author Julian Carax. The novel has sold millions of copies worldwide, with more than a million copies sold in the UK. La sombra del viento garnered critical acclaim around the world.Ruiz Zafón's next novel, El juego del ángel, was published in April 2008. The English edition, The Angel's Game, was also translated by Lucia Graves. It is a prequel to The Shadow of the Wind, also set in Barcelona, but during the 1920s and 1930s. It follows (and is narrated by) David Martín, a young writer who is approached by a mysterious figure to write a book. Ruiz Zafón intended it to be included in a four-book series along with The Shadow of the Wind.The next book in the cycle, El prisionero del cielo, appeared in 2011. It returns to The Shadow of the Wind's Daniel Sempere and his travel back to the 1940s to resolve a buried secret. The novel was published in English in July 2012 as The Prisoner of Heaven.The Labyrinth of Spirits (original title: El laberinto de los espíritus) is the fourth and final book in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. The novel was initially released on 17 November 2016 in Spain and Latin America by Spanish publisher Planeta. HarperCollins published the English translation by Lucia Graves, which was released on 18 September 2018. Ruiz Zafón's works have been published in more than 45 countries and have been translated into more than 50 languages. According to these figures, he is the most widely published contemporary Spanish writer, followed by Javier Sierra, whose works have been published in 42 countries, and Juan Gómez-Jurado, whose works have been published in 41 countries. Influences Influences on Ruiz Zafón's work have included 19th century classics, crime fiction, noir authors, and contemporary writers. Apart from books, another large influence came in the form of films and screenwriting. He said in interviews that he found it easier to visualize scenes in his books in a cinematic way, which lends itself to the lush worlds and curious characters he created. Works Young adult El príncipe de la niebla (1993), translated as The Prince of Mist (2010) El palacio de la medianoche (1994), translated as The Midnight Palace (2011) Las luces de septiembre (1995), translated as The Watcher in the Shadows (2013) Marina (1999), translated as Marina (2013)Novels El cementerio de los libros olvidados series (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books) La sombra del viento, 2001 (The Shadow of the Wind) El juego del ángel, 2008 (The Angel's Game) El prisionero del cielo, 2011 (The Prisoner of Heaven) El laberinto de los espíritus, 2016 (The Labyrinth of Spirits) La ciudad de vapor, 2021 (The City of Mist; stories, some connected to the novels)Short stories "Rosa de fuego", 2012 ("The Rose of Fire") "Two-Minute Apocalypse", (2015)Awards and honors Edebé Award for Young Adult and Children's Literature 1993 for El príncipe de la niebla Finalist for the Fernando Lara Novel Award 2000, for The Shadow of the Wind Finalist for British Book Awards for author of the year, 2006 Best Foreign Book Prize, France 2004 Prix de Associations des Libraires du Québec Casino da Póvoa Literary Prize, (Póvoa de Varzim), Portugal Bjornson Order of Literary Merit, Norway Barry Award for best novel, United States Original Voices Award, United States Selected as "a book to remember" by the New York Public Library, 2004 José Manuel Lara Hernández Foundation Award, 2004 for the best selling book Booksense Prize, 2005, United States Euskadi de Plata 2008 for El juego del ángel Nielsen Award, United Kingdom Finalist for the Llibreter Award Ottakar's Award, United Kingdom José Manuel Lara Foundation Award for the best selling book Readers' Prize from La Vanguardia Protagonistas Award, SpainReferences External links Carlos Ruiz Zafón at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Media related to Carlos Ruiz Zafón at Wikimedia Commons Official website (in Spanish) Biography (in Catalan) Interview with Robert Ryan in The Times Carlos Ruiz Zafón at Find a Grave. 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  • ALLES WAS ICH DIR GEBEN WILL synopsis, comments

    ALLES WAS ICH DIR GEBEN WILL

    Dolores Redondo

    Ein ungesühntes Verbrechen. Ein grausamer Verdacht.Der preisgekrönte Bestseller von der »Königin der literarischen Spannung.« Carlos Ruiz Zafón»Er hatte den Verdacht, dass sein ga...

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    The City Under Siege

    Michael Russell

    1941, and Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie is ferrying documents between Dublin and wartorn London. When Ireland's greatest actor is arrested in Soho, after the brutal murder o...

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    Un tesoro en el olvido

    Virginia Garzón de Albiol

    Una novela de aventuras, emociones y sueños que nos muestra una Barcelona mágica e inolvidable.Clara no ha tenido una vida fácil, y cuando la muerte de su abuela la obliga a abando...

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    Die Anatomie des Teufels

    Jordi Llobregat

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    The City in Flames

    Michael Russell

    1940. A woman lands on the Scottish coast from a German flying boat and goes to ground, hunted by British Intelligence.Suspended from the Irish police for reasons he won't explain...

  • A Trilogia da Neblina synopsis, comments

    A Trilogia da Neblina

    Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    Numa misteriosa casa na costa atlântica, longe de Londres e ameaçado pela guerra, Max vai descobrir que os desafios do presente, têm amiúde a sua razão de ser em pactos selados há ...

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    Der Gefangene des Himmels

    Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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    Resumen Y Analisis - El Prisionero Del Cielo - Basado En El Libro De Carlos Ruiz Zafon

    Libros Veloces Editorial

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    Rosa de Fuego

    Emilio Marrese

    Una novela de intriga sobre el Barça y la guerra civil.Barcelona, 1937. En plena guerra civil, la ciudad resiste a los fascistas pero está desgarrada por el conflicto interno entre...

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    Humphry Clinker

    Tobias Smollett

    With an essay by Harold Bloom.'What is the society of London, that I should be tempted, for its sake, to mortify my senses, and compound with such uncleanness as my soul abhors?'Sm...

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    Resumen Y Analisis - El Juego Del Angel - Basado En El Libro De Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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    Die Lichter von Barcelona

    Pere Cervantes

    Ein verschollener Vater. Ein Bild, das ein lebensgefährliches Geheimnis birgt. Ein kleiner Junge, der Korruption und Verrat zum Trotz niemals aufhört zu hoffen ...Barcelona, 1945: ...

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    Embassytown

    China Miéville

    Una de las novelas más icónicas de China Miéville, galardonada con el premio Locus a la mejor novela de ciencia ficción.En un original universo futurista se entremezclan intriga po...

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    The City of Lies

    Michael Russell

    Dublin 1940. An IRA attack leaves two guards dead on the streets of Dublin. Two days later, a battle between warring gangs erupts at a race meeting, and on Ireland's east coast the...

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    The Shadow of the Wind

    Carlos Ruiz Zafón & Lucia Graves

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    Walking the Lions

    Stephen Burgen

    When New Yorker Alex Nadal inherits his aunt's farm near Barcelona he is more than intrigued. First, because his aunt appears to have died twice once at the end of the Spanish Ci...

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    Marina

    Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    Estudio preliminar y propuestas de trabajo a cargo de David Viñas Piquer. En la Barcelona de 1980 Óscar Drai sueña despierto, deslumbrado por los palacetes modernistas cercanos ...

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    The Dead City

    Michael Russell

    In this dead city, the vultures are circling...Berlin 1944. The beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. And the beginning of a dark journey for Garda detective Stefan Gillespie as h...

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    Das Spiel des Engels

    Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    Ein Labyrinth voller GeheimnisseBarcelona in den turbulenten Jahren vor dem Bürgerkrieg: Der junge David Martín fristet sein Leben als Autor von Schauergeschichten. Als ernsthafter...

  • The City Underground synopsis, comments

    The City Underground

    Michael Russell

    Ireland 1941. A German spy escapes from Mountjoy Prison, clearly with inside help. Yet no one wants to catch him. When the head of Garda Special Branch sends Inspector Stefan Gille...

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    Blood

    Alan Durant

    Cheap tabloid headlines scream the brutal facts at 17yearold Robert Harrison: his parents have been shot dead in the sitting room of their suburban home. Robert's initial shock...

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    Rosa de Foc

    Emilio Marrese

    Una novel·la d'intriga sobre el Barça i la guerra civil.Barcelona, 1937. En plena Guerra Civil, la ciutat resisteix als feixistes però està esquinçada pel conflicte intern entre co...

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    The City in Darkness

    Michael Russell

    An evocative, literary crime thriller set in Dublin and Spain just before the outbreak of WWII.Christmas 1939. In Europe the Phoney War hides carnage to come. In Ireland Detective ...

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    The Half Brother

    Lars Saabye Christensen & Kenneth Steven

    At the end of World War II, twentyyearold Vera is brutally raped by an unknown assailant. From that rape is born a boy named Fred, a misfit who later becomes a talented boxer. Vera...

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    The City of God

    Michael Russell

    Italy, 1943. Irish detective Stefan Gillespie leaves the chaos of Nazioccupied Rome for neutral Switzerland on a mission his government knows nothing about. Waiting for a latenigh...

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    The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories

    Margaret Jull Costa, Thomas Bunstead, Peter Bush, Kathryn Phillips-Miles, Simon Deefholt & Kit Maude

    This exciting collection celebrates the richness and variety of the Spanish short story, from the nineteenth century to the present day.Featuring over fifty stories selected by rev...

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    Resumen Y Analisis - La Sombra Del Viento - Basado En El Libro De Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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    Women Who Did

    Angelique Richardson

    "A lady? decidedly. Fast? perhaps. Original? undoubtedly. Worth knowing? rather." Daring and dynamic, the 'new woman' came to represent the very spirit of the age. The stories in t...

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    This Royal Breed

    Judith Saxton

    A SAGA OF A YOUNG GIRL'S STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL ON THE ISLAND OF JERSEY DURING THE NAZI SECOND WORLD WAR OCCUPATION. After the death of Rochelle Dubois's parents, she is ado...