José Carlos Somoza
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Somoza and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.
| José Carlos Somoza | |
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| Born |
November 13, 1959 Havana, Cuba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Notable works | The Athenian Murders |
| Notable awards |
2002 CWA Gold Dagger[1] |
| Website | |
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José Carlos Somoza Ortega (born November 13, 1959) is a Spanish author. He was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for political reasons. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to become a full-time writer in 1994.
Works
- Planos (1994)
- El silencio de Blanca (1996)
- Miguel Will (1997)
- Cartas de un asesino insignificante (1999)
- La ventana pintada (1999)
- La caverna de las ideas (2000; The Athenian Murders, 2002, shortlisted for the UK's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger)[1]
- Dafne desvanecida (2000; shortlisted for Spain's Nadal Prize)
- Clara y la penumbra (2001; The Art of Murder, 2004)
- La dama número trece (2003)
- La caja de marfil (2004)
- El detalle (tres novelas breves) (2005)
- Zig Zag (2006)
- La llave del abismo (The Key of Doom) (2007; Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja)
- El Cebo (2010)
- Tetrammeron: Los cuentos de Soledad (2012)
References
- 1 2 "Winners of the 2002 Macallan Gold and Silver Daggers for Fiction". The Crime Writers' Association. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
External links
- José Carlos Somoza official website
- Book review – The Athenian Murders
- A second review of The Athenian Murders from Salon
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