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Manuel Rivas


Born
in A Coruña, Galiza, Spain
October 24, 1957

Twitter
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Genre
Fiction, Journalism, Poetry


Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain) is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.

Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literature essays for Spanish newspapers and television stations like Televisión de Galicia, El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El País, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain, and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast.

As of 2017, Rivas has published 9 anthologies of poetry, 14 novels and several literature essays. He is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. His 1996 book "Que me queres, amor?", a series of sixtee ...more

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Average rating: 3.58 · 10,127 ratings · 1,026 reviews · 111 distinct works • Similar authors
El lápiz del carpintero
3.61 avg rating — 4,062 ratings — published 1998 — 79 editions
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¿Qué me quieres, amor?
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La lengua de las mariposas
3.91 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions
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The Last Days of Terranova
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Todo es silencio
3.17 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2010 — 28 editions
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Books Burn Badly
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Las voces bajas
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Ella, maldita alma
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Detrás del cielo
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Tras do Ceo
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“The trouble with a great sadness is that it doesn't fit inside your body.”
― Manuel Rivas, Books Burn Badly
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“A house without books must be sad. Even sadder a house of books without people.”
― Manuel Rivas, Books Burn Badly
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“Do you like reading? It's the best thing that can happen to you in life. Writing has other implications.”
― Manuel Rivas, Books Burn Badly
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