Enrique de Hériz
Enrique de Hériz[1] (1964 – 14 March 2019)[2][a] was a Spanish writer, translator, and literary critic. He was born in Barcelona and studied Spanish Philology at the University of Barcelona. At an early age he achieved prominence as a translator and an editor. Among the authors whose books he helped to produce in Spanish were Annie Proulx, Nadine Gordimer, Stephen King, Peter Carey, and John Fowles. He also produced the first full Spanish translation of Robinson Crusoe.[2]
In 2000, he left his job as editorial director at Ediciones B, a Spanish publisher and division of Penguin Random House, to become a full-time writer. He wrote a series of acclaimed novels, among them Lies and The Manual of Darkness. Lies was translated into English by John Cullen and was nominated for the Premio Valle-Inclán in 2007.
De Hériz died of lung cancer in 2019.[2] He left behind his wife Yolanda Cespedosa,[2] an editor, and two children.[3][4][5][6][7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The El País article was published at 00:02 CET on 15 March 219 so "Ha muerto hoy a causa del cáncer [...]" ("He died today due to cancer [...]") meant 14 March 2019.
References
[edit]- ^ Doria, Sergi (14 March 2019). "Un escritor de verdad: Enrique de Hériz (1964-2019)" (in Spanish). Madrid: ABC. p. 72. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d Montero, Rosa (15 March 2019). "Enrique de Hériz, una vida hermosa" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Enrique De Heriz | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ "Enrique de Heriz". W&N - Ground-breaking, award-winning, thought-provoking books since 1949. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ "Enrique de Hériz". Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ Geli, Carles (2019-03-14). "Fallece el escritor, traductor y editor Enrique de Hériz a los 55 años". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ "Books by Enrique de Hériz (Author of Eragon)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
