Santiago Alba Rico
During an interview with eldiario.es
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Philosopher
  • essayist
  • screenwriter
  • translator
Parent
Relatives

Santiago Alba Rico (born 1960) is a Spanish writer and philosopher. He has lived in Tunisia for much of the 21st-century. He is known for essays such as Las reglas del caos, Leer con niños or Capitalismo y nihilismo.[1]

Biography

Santiago Alba Rico was born in Madrid in 1960, the son of journalist, producer, and screenwriter Lolo Rico, who was also the mother of writer Isabel Alba Rico.[2][3] He is also the great-grandson of politician Santiago Alba Bonifaz and the uncle of Nagua Alba.[2]

Alba earned a licentiate degree in philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid.[2] He joined the crew of TVE's children show La bola de cristal (created by his mother) as a screenwriter (1984–1988), introducing content under a Marxist point of view.[4][5] He relocated to Cairo in 1991 and then to Tunisia in 1998.[6] He has worked as a translator to Spanish from Arabic.[6] He was opposed to the rule of Muammar Gaddafi and Bashar Al-Assad in the context of the Libyan and Syrian conflicts.[7]

Podemos presented Alba as their candidate for the Senate in the constituency of the province of Ávila (he owns a residence in Piedralaves) vis-à-vis the December 2015 general election,[6] failing to win the seat.

Works

Author
  • — (1992). ¡Viva el mal! ¡Viva el capital!.[8]
  • — (1995). Las reglas del caos. Apuntes para una antropología del mercado.[8]
  • — (1999). El mundo incompleto. Un cuento sobre la creación y los autores.[8]
  • — (2001). ¡Viva la CIA! ¡Viva la Economía!.[8]
  • — (2001). La ciudad intangible. Ensayo sobre el fin del neolítico.[8]
  • — (2003). Torres más altas.[8]
  • — (2003). Galería de gente victoriosa: relatos y artículos sobre Irak.[8]
  • — (2006). Vendrá la realidad y nos encontrará dormidos. Partes de guerra y prosas de resistencia.[8]
  • — (2007). Leer con niños.[8]
  • — (2015). Islamofobia: nosotros, los otros, el miedo. Barcelona: Icaria.[9]
  • — (2021). España. Madrid: Lengua de Trapo.[10]
Co-author

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.