Jesús Carrasco, born 1972 in Olivenza, Extremadura, is a Spanish writer. He held a wide range of jobs in his youth: from physical education teacher, to grape-picker, to graphic designer. In 1992, he moved to Madrid where he began his writing career. In 2005, he moved to Seville, where he still lives.
Carrasco's debut novel Intemperie appeared in 2013 to critical acclaim, and has been translated into more than twenty languages. It won a number of prizes and was nominated for several more. The book was adapted into a film, titled Out in the Open. His second novel La tierra que pisamos (2016) won the EU Prize for Literature.[1] His third book Llévame a casa was published in February 2021.[2]
The relationship between humans and nature is a fundamental theme of all his novels.[3] Carrasco has cited Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, John Updike and John Edward Williams as his primary literary influences.[4]
Publications
edit- Intemperie, Seix Barral, 2013.
- La tierra que pisamos, Seix Barral, 2016.
- Llévame a casa, Seix Barral, 2021.
Translation into English
edit- Out in the Open (Intemperie), translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Vintage, 2015.
References
edit- ^ "Bio". Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ Jesús Carrasco aborda la responsabilidad de ser hijos en la novela “doméstica” Llévame a casa Published on 2 February 2021 by Europa Press
- ^ Jesús Carrasco: “Para mi segunda novela prometo intensidad y tensión en el lenguaje” Published by El Diario on 29 November, 2014
- ^ Jesús Carrasco: “A las personas mayores las arrumbamos de la misma manera que arrumbamos un envase de plástico de un solo uso” published on 19 May, 2021 by Librujula (in Spanish)
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