Javier Cercas

Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas
	Cercas in 2019
Born	Javier Cercas Mena; 6 April 1962 (age 63); Ibahernando, Spain
Alma mater	University of Girona
Occupations	Professor, writer
Notable work	Soldiers of Salamis ; The Speed of Light ; The Impostor
Awards	Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; European Book Prize
Seat R of the Real Academia Española
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 24 November 2024

Last updated December 20, 2025

↑ Elected on 13 June 2024

References

↑ Clubcultura. "Biografía" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ ABC (26 September 2012). "Javier Cercas: 'No soy independentista y no me gustan las aventuras'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ "Javier Cercas in conversation". 'SPAIN arts & culture' is the official website for the promotion of Spain's arts and culture in the USA. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
↑ Gina Herrmann, Mass Graves on Spanish TV, essay in Unearthing Franco's Legacy, p.172, 2010
↑ "Arts Council England : Press release detail". 2007-09-27. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
↑ "Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature".

External links

Berlin Literature Festival Bio Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
The right to self destruction. Translation of El derecho a destruirse published in El País Semanal on 4 December 2005.
Saying the right thing. Translation of La corrección de la incorrección published in EL PAIS SEMANAL - 29 January .2006.

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[1] Elected on 13 June 2024

[2] Clubcultura. "Biografía" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[3] ABC (26 September 2012). "Javier Cercas: 'No soy independentista y no me gustan las aventuras'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[4] "Javier Cercas in conversation". 'SPAIN arts & culture' is the official website for the promotion of Spain's arts and culture in the USA. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-10-13.

[5] Gina Herrmann, Mass Graves on Spanish TV, essay in Unearthing Franco's Legacy, p.172, 2010

[6] "Arts Council England : Press release detail". 2007-09-27. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2017-08-17.

[7] "Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature".

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Javier Cercas
Cercas in 2019
Born	Javier Cercas Mena (1962-04-06) 6 April 1962 (age 63) Ibahernando, Spain
Alma mater	University of Girona
Occupations	Professor, writer
Notable work	Soldiers of Salamis ; The Speed of Light ; The Impostor
Awards	Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; European Book Prize


Seat R of the Real Academia Española
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2024^[a]