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Arturo Pérez-Reverte (
November 25,
1951,
Cartagena, Spain) is a
Spanish novelist and
journalist. He worked as war reporter for twenty-one years (1973 - 1994). He started his journalistic career writing for the now-defunct newspaper
Pueblo and then for
Televisión Española (the Spanish state-owned television), often as a
war correspondent. His first novel,
El húsar, set in the
Napoleonic Wars, was released in
1986.
He is now a member of the
Real Academia Española, a position he's held since
June 12,
2003.
Style
Pérez-Reverte's novels are usually centered on one strongly defined character (male or female), and exhibit the author's
Hemingway-like ability to build layers of complexity around each person. Plot moves along swiftly but not so fast as to make the reader lose contact with the place and time, and the writer often employs the services of a
narrator who is somehow a part of the story but apart from it.
The majority of action usually takes place in
Spain or around the
Mediterranean, and often draws on numerous references to Spanish history, colonial past, art and culture, ancient treasures and the sea. The novels frequently deal with some of the major issues of modern times such as drug trafficking or the relationship of religion and politics, as well as timeless themes of morality, honor and ethics, love and lust and power and money, though never in a simplistic fashion - recognising that there's usually more than one way to interpret a situation and the lines between right and wrong are often blurred beyond recognition.
In his columns and his main characters, he usually displays his pessimism about human behaviour, shaped by his wartime experiences in places like the
Bosnian War
He originally refused to have his novels translated from the original Spanish to any language other than French. However, English translations were eventually made available for some of his works.
Personal life
Sick of the internal affairs at TVE, he resigned as a journalist and decided to work full time as a writer.
His teenage daughter Carlota was billed as a co-author of his first Alatriste novel.
He lives between La Navata (near Madrid) and his native Cartagena, from where he enjoys
sailing solo in the Mediterranean.
He is a friend of
Javier Marías, who presented Pérez with the title of Duke of Corso of the
Kingdom of Redonda micronation.
Bibliography
Captain Alatriste novels
Other novels
El húsar (1986). Napoleonic age.
El maestro de esgrima (1988; tr: The Fencing Master). A lady asks lessons from a fencing master.
La tabla de Flandes (1990; tr: The Flanders Panel). About a mysterious Flemish painting.
El club Dumas or La sombra de Richelieu (1993; tr: The Club Dumas). A group of followers of the novels of Alexandre Dumas.
La sombra del águila (1993). Napoleonic age.
Territorio comanche (1994). A novelization of his Balkan war experience.
La piel del tambor (1995; tr: The Seville Communion)
La carta esférica (2000; tr: The Nautical Chart). Treasure hunting.
Un asunto de honor (2001)
La Reina del Sur (2002; tr: The Queen of the South). Story of a woman in Latin American drug traffic.
Cabo Trafalgar (2004; tr: Cape Trafalgar), about the battle of Trafalgar.
El pintor de batallas (2006; tr: The Painter of Battles). A retired war photographer confronts his past.
Un día de cólera (2007). May 2nd 1808. The battle in Madrid against the french army for independence.
Non-fiction
Obra breve (1995)
Patente de corso (1998). Collection of press columns.
Con ánimo de ofender (2001). Further columns.
No me cogeréis vivo (2005)
Films based on novels by Pérez-Reverte
El maestro de esgrima (1992) (based on The Fencing Master)
Uncovered (1994) (based on The Flanders Panel)
Cachito (1995) (based on Un Asunto de Honor)
Territorio Comanche (1997)
The Ninth Gate, by Roman Polanski (1999) (very loosely based on The Club Dumas)
Alatriste (2006) (based on the series Captain Alatriste)
The Nautical Chart (2007) (based on La Carta Esférica and starring Aitana Sánchez-Gijón)
Quart: El Hombre de Roma (2007) -- Spanish television miniseries based on The Seville CommunionFurther Information
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