2. Their origins
• Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 10
January 1956) is a Spanish writer
and, since 8 June 1995, a full
member of the Royal Spanish
Academy. He currently resides in
New York City, United States. In
2004-2005 he served as the
director of the Instituto Cervantes
of New York.
• Antonio Muñoz Molina's reading
out of "La noche de los tiempos"
• He was born in the town of Úbeda
in Jaén province.
3. His introduction to writing
• He studied art history at
the University of Granada
and journalism in Madrid.
He began writing in the
1980s and his first
published book, El
Robinsón urbano, a
collection of his journalistic
work, was published in
1984. His columns have
regularly appeared in El
País and Die Welt.
4. Firsts novels
• His first novel, Beatus ille,
appeared in 1986. It features the
imaginary city of Mágina — a re-
creation of his Andalusian
birthplace — which would
reappear in some his later works.
• In 1987 Muñoz Molina was
awarded Spain's National
Narrative Prize for El invierno en
Lisboa (translated as Winter in
Lisbon), a homage to the genres of
film noir and jazz music. His El
jinete polaco received the Planeta
Prize in 1991 and, again, the
National Narrative Prize in 1992.
6. Bibliography
• El Robinsón urbano, 1984. • Ardor guerrero, 1995.
• Diario de Nautilus, 1985. • La huerta del Edén, 1996.
• Beatus Ille, 1986. English translation: • Pura alegría, 1996.
A Manuscript of Ashes. Orlando :
Harcourt, c2008. • Plenilunio, 1997.
• El invierno en Lisboa, 1987. English • Carlota Fainberg, 1999.
translation: Winter in Lisbon. • En ausencia de Blanca, 2001. English
London : Granta, 1999. translation: In her absence. New
• Las otras vidas, 1988. York : Other Press, c2006.
• Beltenebros, 1989. English • Sefarad, 2001. English translation:
translation: Prince of Shadows.
London : Quartet, 1993 Sepharad. Orlando : Harcourt, c2003.
• El jinete polaco, 1991. • La vida por delante, 2002.
• Los misterios de Madrid, 1992. • Las ventanas de Manhattan, 2004
• Nada del otro mundo, 1993. • El viento de la luna, 2006
• El dueño del secreto, 1994. • Días de diario, 2007
• Las apariencias, 1995. • La noche de los tiempos, 2009
