Lorenzo Silva

One such novel, El alquimista impaciente, won the Nadal Prize in 2000, and has been filmed by the director Patricia Ferrera, premiering in 2002. This is the second novel in which two of his best known characters, the Guardia Civil agents Sergeant Bevilacqua and Corporal Chamorro, make an appearance. Another of his novels, La flaqueza del bolchevique, was the runner-up for the prize in 1997, and has been adapted into a movie by Manuel Martín Cuenca. The same novel was translated into English in 2013 with the title The Faint-Hearted Bolshevik. In 2001, Silva conducted an interactive experiment of novel-writing through the website of Círculo de Lectores, in which he proposed for each chapter three possible endings that were put to popular vote. The experiment was a success, and the resulting novel, La isla del fin de la suerte, was published in traditional format. In October 2012, he was awarded the Premio Planeta de Novela for La Marca del meridiano.

Lorenzo Silva studied at Complutense University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. Jane Austen, Joseph Conrad and Marcel Proust are recorded as an influence. Employment is recorded with Unión Fenosa. Distinctions recorded are Premio Nadal, Premio Planeta de Novela, Grand Cross of the Order of the Second of May and Antonio de Sancha Award.

* * • Translated into English in 2013 by Nick Caistor and Isabelle Kaufeler with the title • First volume in the Bevilacqua series * * • Second volume in the Bevilacqua series * * • Third volume in the Bevilacqua series * • Fourth volume in the Bevilacqua series • Fifth volume in the Bevilacqua series * * • Sixth volume in the Bevilacqua series * • Seventh volume in the Bevilacqua series. • Eighth volume in the Bevilacqua series. * • Ninth volume in the Bevilacqua series. • In collaboration with Noemí Trujillo. * • Eleventh volume in the Bevilacqua series. • 1st novel with inspector Manuela Mauri. In collaboration with Noemí Trujillo. • Twelfth volume in the Bevilacqua series. • Under the pseudonym Patricia. * • Thirteenth volume in the Bevilacqua series. • 2nd novel with inspector Manuela Mauri. In collaboration with Noemí Trujillo. * • 3rd novel with inspector Manuela Mauri. In collaboration with Noemí Trujillo.

• 21 short stories. • 3 short stories. • 103 short stories. • 4 short stories. * • 42 short stories.

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