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Javier Cercas
Spanish writer, journalist and professor (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cercas and the second or maternal family name is Mena.
Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. Awards he has won for his novels include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis (translated by Anne McLean), and the European Book Prize for The Impostor (translated by Frank Wynne.
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Born | Javier Cercas Mena 1962 (age 61–62) Ibahernando, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Alma mater | University of Girona |
Occupation(s) | Professor, writer |
Notable work | Soldiers of Salamis; The Speed of Light; The Impostor |
Awards | Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; European Book Prize |
Seat R of the Real Academia Española | |
Assumed office TBA[lower-alpha 1] | |
Preceded by | Javier Marías |
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