David Uclés
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David Uclés Vílchez (Úbeda, 21 January 1990) is a Spanish writer, musician, illustrator, and translator. In 2024 he published La península de las casas vacías (The Peninsula of Empty Houses), which became a bestseller. In 2026 his novel La ciudad de las luces muertas (The City of Dead Lights) won the Nadal Prize. He is a Favorite Son of his birthplace. Biography David Uclés studied linguistics in Córdoba, Münster (Germany), and Granada, and worked as a teacher of Spanish, German, and English in Germany, France, and Switzerland. He also lived in England and spent several years in Galicia, the Basque Country, and Catalonia. He currently resides in Madrid. His work fall within the literary movement of magical realism, and among his literary influences are Günter Grass, Gabriel García Márquez, José Saramago, Mercè Rodoreda, Miguel de Unamuno, Salman Rushdie, Edgar Hilsenrath, and Olga Tokarczuk. In 2019, he received the Complutense Prize for Literature in the narrative category for his first work, El llanto del león, a theatrical novel that recounts the last conversations between a father suffering from cancer and his ten-year-old son.
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- 1990Born
- 2024Won Calamo Awards
- 2025Won Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa Española
- 2026Won Premio Nadal
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- •Place of birth: Úbeda
- •Citizenship: Spain
- •Known as: translator, writer, musician, cartoonist
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