Julián Ríos

Julián Ríos (born 11 March 1941, in Vigo, Galicia) is a Spanish writer, most frequently classified as a postmodernist,^[1] whom Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes has called "the most inventive and creative" of Spanish-language writers.^[2] His first two books were co-written with Octavio Paz.

His best known work, experimental and heavily influenced by the verbal inventiveness of James Joyce,^[3] was published in 1983 under the title Larva.

Personal life

Ríos lives and works in France, on the outskirts of Paris.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

Books

• Puente de alma, Ed. Galaxia Gutenberg, 2009
• Quijote e hijos, Ed. Galaxia Gutenberg, 2008
• Larva y otras noches de Babel. Antología. Ed. F.C.E., 2008
• Cortejo de sombras: la novela de Tamoga, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2008
• Nuevos sombreros para Alicia, Seix Barral, 2001 (expanded version of 1993 book)
• La vida sexual de las palabras, Ed. Seix Barral, 2000
• Monstruario, Seix Barral, 1999
• Epifanías sin fin, Ed. Literatura y ciencia, 1995
• Amores que atan o Belles letres, Siruela, 1995
• Sombreros para Alicia, Muchnik Editores, 1993
• Retrato de Antonio Saura, Círculo de Arte, 1991
• Poundemonium, Ed. Llibres del Mall, 1985
• Larva. Babel de una noche de San Juan, Ed. Llibres del Mall, 1983
• Teatro de signos. Ed. Fundamentos, 1974 (with Octavio Paz)
• Solo a dos voces. Ed. Lumen, 1973 (with Octavio Paz)

In English

• Loves That Bind
• Monstruary
• Kitaj: Pictures and Conversations, about American artist R. B. Kitaj
• Poundemonium
• Larva: A Midsummer Night's Babel
• House of Ulysses
• Procession of Shadows. Translated by Nick Caistor. Dalkey Archive Press. 2011.^[4]

Interviews

• Interview with Julian Rios