Don Quixote, the full title being The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. Considered a founding work of Western literature, it is often said to be the first modern novel. Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world and one of the best-selling novels of all time.
Oviedo or Uviéu is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located approximately 24 km (15 mi) southwest of Gijón and 23 km (14 mi) southeast of Avilés, both of which lie on the shoreline of the Bay of Biscay. Oviedo's proximity to the ocean of less than 30 kilometres (19 mi) in combination with its elevated position with areas of the city more than 300 metres above sea level causes the city to have a maritime climate, in spite of its not being located on the shoreline itself.
Don Juan, also known as Don Giovanni (Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women.
"Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" is a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña, also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as paliques (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liberalism and anti-clericalism, made him a formidable and controversial critical voice. He died in Oviedo.
Daniel Burman is an Argentine film director, screenplay writer, and producer.
Spanish Realist literature is the literature written in Spain during the second half of the 19th century, following the Realist movement which predominated in Europe.
Ana María Shua is an Argentine writer. She is particularly well known for her work in microfiction.
Federico Andahazi is an Argentine writer and psychologist.
John David Rutherford is a British literary critic who is Emeritus Fellow (2008) of The Queen's College, Oxford, a Hispanist and an award-winning novelist and translator from Spanish to English.
Francisco Javier Calvo Guirao known professionally as Javier Calvo is a Spanish actor, stage, film, and television director and writer. He is best known for his role of Fernando "Fer" Redondo in the Antena 3 series Física o Química (2008-2011). Calvo created and directed the musical La llamada together with Javier Ambrossi, with its success leading to a film adaptation (2017). Continuing their work together, Calvo and Ambrossi would develop the television series Paquita Salas (2016–present), Veneno (2020-2023) and its upcoming sequel Vestidas de Azul (2023-2024), and La Mesías (2023). The director pair are also romantic partners commonly referred to as 'Los Javis'. He has received several awards including a pair of wins in both the Feroz Awards and Fotogramas de Plata, and has received nominations for two Goya Awards.
Emilio Bobadilla was a Cuban writer, poet, literary critic and journalist. He also wrote under the pseudonym "Fray Candil".
Angosta is a novel written by the Colombian author Héctor Abad Faciolince, published in 2003 by Seix Barral (Spain). Angosta has been translated into Chinese as 深谷幽城 in 2005. The four Chinese characters mean, respectively: deep, valley, faint or dim, and castle, so an attempt to a translation would be "The deep valley and the dim castle". This translation received the prize for the best translated novel of the year in China. The novel was also translated into French by J.C. Lattès Publishing House in 2010.
La soberana is a Venezuelan drama telenovela created by Xiomara Moreno, based on the Spain novel La Regenta written by Leopoldo Alas y Ureña. It stars Eileen Abad, Albi De Abreu, and Nacho Huett. It is distributed by RCTV International and Coral Pictures. The series tells the story of Ana and Álvaro, two young people who will face the toughest adversities to fight for the immense love they have had since they were children.
Francisco Javier García de la Camacha Gutiérrez-Ambrossi, better known as Javier Ambrossi, is a Spanish actor, stage, film and television director, and writer. He is best known for creating and directing the musical La llamada and its film adaptation together with Javier Calvo, as well as the television series Paquita Salas, Veneno and La mesías.
Miriam Beizana Vigo is a Spanish writer and literary critic.
To the Capital(Portuguese: A Capital!) is a novel by José Maria de Eça de Queirós, also known as Eça de Queiroz. It was first published posthumously in Portuguese in 1925 following revisions to the text by Eça’s son. The first English version, translated by John Vetch, was published by Carcanet Press in 1997. The novel tells the story of a young man from the Portuguese provinces who dreams of literary fame in the capital, Lisbon, and his experiences in unsuccessfully trying to achieve that fame.
Oviedo Express is a 2007 Spanish comedy-drama film directed and written by Gonzalo Suárez. It stars Carmelo Gómez, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Maribel Verdú, Najwa Nimri, Jorge Sanz, Bárbara Goenaga and Alberto Jiménez.
La regenta is a 1995 Spanish prime-time television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Leopoldo Alas. Produced by Televisión Española, it was directed and written by Fernando Méndez-Leite and starred by Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Héctor Alterio, Juan Luis Galiardo and Carmelo Gómez. Its three episodes were broadcast on La Primera of Televisión Española on 17–19 January 1995.
