About

Known credits:
10
Birthday:
1957-10-24
Place of birth:
A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Website:
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Manuel Rivas

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Manuel Rivas (born in A Coruña, Spain on 24 October 1957) is a Galician writer, poet and journalist. He began his career in some Spanish newspapers like El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El País, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. Rivas has written well known poems, novels, articles and literature essays.

Rivas is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain, and played an important role during the Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast. Some of his work has been adapted to cinema, such as A lingua das bolboretas and O Lápis do Carpinteiro.

Rivas's book Qué me quieres, amor? (1996), a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film A lingua das bolboretas ("Butterfly"). O lápis do carpinteiro ("The Carpenter's Pencil") has been published in nine countries and is the most widely translated work in the history of Galician literature.

Known for

Acting
2023 María Casares, a muller que viviu mil vidas Actor Self 59
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2011 Listening to Judge Garzón Actor Escritor 58
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Directing
2004 With Good Reason Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
2018 Unauthorized Living Writing Idea 70
Good
2012 Todo es silencio Writing Novel 58
Average
2012 Todo es silencio Writing Writer 58
Average
2003 El lápiz del carpintero Writing Writer 58
Average
2000 Primer amor Writing Story N/A
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1999 Butterfly Writing Novel 63
Fair
Ella, maldita alma Writing Short Story N/A
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