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José Ovejero was born in 1958 in Madrid. He studied
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His first published work was a collection of narrative poems on Henry Morton
Stanley. Since then he has published nine novels and as well short stories, essays and more poetry. He has also experimented with travel writing and drama.
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but has lived outside Spain for the greater part of his life. He has worked in a variety of genres, including poetry, drama, essays, short stories and novels. He won the 2013
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Ovejero believes that “literature allows us to deconstruct the apparent order of reality, and from there you can construct new orders or create different unities.”
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In 2018, José Ovejero presented three of his stories in a one-man stage show under the title
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He has won several major literary prizes, including the 2013 Premio
Alfaguara for his novel
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2008 El príncipe es un sapo. Y viceversa (The Prince is a Toad. And Vice Versa)
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2012 Nueva guía al Museo del Prado (New Guide to the Prado Museum)
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1994 Biografía del explorador (Biography of the
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2000 ¡Qué raros son los hombres! (Men Are So
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2002 El estado de la nación (The State of the Nation)
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2012 La ética de la crueldad (The Ethics of Cruelty)
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100:1997 Añoranza del héroe (Nostagia for the Hero)
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