Enrique Vila-Matas (born 31 March 1948 in Barcelona) is a Spanish author. He has authored several award-winning books that mix genres and has been branded as one of the most original and prominent writers in the Spanish language. He is a founding Knight of the Order of Finnegans, a group which meets in Dublin every year on June 16th to honour James Joyce and his novel Ulysses. Enrique Vila-Matas was born in Barcelona in 1948 to Enrique, who worked in the real estate business, and Tayo Vila-Mata. When he was 12 he began writing and later studied law and journalism. In 1968 became editor of the film magazine Fotogramas. In 1970 he directed two short films, Todos los jóvenes tristes (All the sad youngsters) and Fin de verano (The end of summer). In 1971 he did his military service in Melilla, where in the back room of a military supplies store, he wrote his first book, Mujer en el espejo contemplando el paisaje. On his return to Barcelona, he worked as a film critic for the magazines Bocaccio and Destino. Between 1974 and 1976 he lived in Paris in a garret he rented from the writer Marguerite Duras, where he wrote his second novel, La asesina ilustrada. His third and fourth books, Al sur de los párpados and Nunca voy al cine, appeared in 1980 and 1982. With the publication of his book Historia abreviada de la literatura portátil in 1985 Vila-Matas began to be recognised. More information...
According to PR-model, enriquevilamatas.com is ranked 321,122nd in multilingual Wikipedia, in particular this website is ranked 35,096th in Spanish Wikipedia.
The website is placed before arquivosfutebolbrasil.com.br and after alpine-region.eu in the BestRef global ranking of the most important sources of Wikipedia.
