Fernando Alonso Alonso

Fernando Alonso Alonso (Burgos, 1941) is a Spanish writer. His best-known book is The little man dressed in gray (1978), with illustrations by Ulises Wensell.

Biography

Fernando Alonso Alonso studied part of his baccalaureate in the Basque Country and years later moved to Madrid to study a degree in Romance Philology at its University. It is in this city where he established his residence and where he has developed his professional life in the publishing field and on television.

He began traveling at a very young age throughout Europe and to more than twenty countries spread over four continents. His wife is originally from the Philippines. He has been living in Nerja (Málaga) for thirty years.

On the other hand, he turns out to be one of the most relevant authors in the panorama of Children's Literature. His extensive literary work has been translated into several languages such as English, French, Swedish or Korean. Among his numerous awards, the & # 34; Lazarillo Award & # 34; of 1977 and the "José Martí World Prize for Literature" in 1997 for the extensive set of his work.

Literary training or characteristics of his work

In his literary training, the author has highlighted the importance of traditional stories of oral transmission; Later, to mention a few, he was influenced by among others: The Thousand and One Nights, Jonathan Swift, the picaresque novel, Quevedo, Larra, Poe, Stevenson, Kafka, Camus, Borges and León Felipe. This relationship is significant because the author has always maintained a moral and humanist perspective ("I belong to the old school that defends the social commitment of the writer") and a work of style that traditionally like literature in general, especially to the European and children's

Works

• Feral and storks, 1971, with illustrations of Fuencisla del Amo.
• The statue and the garden1975.
• The Mandarin and the Birds1976.
• The little man dressed in gray1978.
• The little man of paper1978, with illustrations of the author.
• The elve and the robot1981.
• The lighthouse of the wind1981.
• The colored crystals1981.
• The gegenius1982.
• The old watch1983.
• The sand castle1983.
• The Stone Forest1985.
• The mysterious influence of the barquillera1985, with illustrations by Tino Gatagán (reed. with illustrations by Emilio Urberuaga)
• The Secret of the Wolf1986.
• Stars and Princess Liway1989.
• Tano (several adventures), 1989.
• The tree of dreams, 1993.
• Tales1995
• Matthew and the Magi1995
• The light that wanted to be a tree1996.
• The roots of the sea, 1997, with illustrations by Juan Ramón Alonso.
• Sopaboba,2012, with illustrations of Tino Gatagán.

Awards and recognitions

1972: CCEI Honor Roll for Feral and the Storks.
1977: Lazarillo Award for The little man dressed in gray and other stories.
1978: Book of Children's Interest of the Ministry of Culture for The little man dressed in gray.
1979: Book of Children's Interest of the Ministry of Culture for El hombrecillo de papel. Special Honor List for the H. C. Andersen International Award for El hombrecillo de papel. CCEI Honor List for El hombrecillo de papel.
1980: IBBY (International Children's and Young Adult Book Organization) Honor List for The Little Man Dressed in Grey. Book of Children's Interest of the Ministry of Culture by Feral and the storks.
1984: Silver Medal of the Didact of Basel for La estatua y el jardincito and the rest of the series of 12 albums published by the Santillana publishing house in 1975 and 1976.
1986: Honorary List of the CCEI for The mysterious influence of the waffle iron.
1987: Honorable Mention of the European Prize for Youth Literature, University of Padua for El bosque de piedra.
1988: Book of the Year of the Venezuelan Book Bank for El secreto del Lobo.
1995 : Special Diploma from the José Martí World Literature Prize for his entire body of work.
1997: José Martí World Literature Prize for his body of work, awarded by the José Martí Foundation among 103 candidates representing 30 countries. And the Special La Rosa Blanca Prize from UNEAC (Union of Writers and Cuban artists).
2006 : The CEPLI of the University of Castilla-La Mancha presents its candidacy for the Astrid Lindgren International Award for all of his work. The Award jury nominates him as a candidate. And he won the 2nd JUUL Prize, awarded by vote among the readers of the Ikastolas de Euskal Herría to Paperzko Gizontxoa (The little paper man).
2007 : Nominated, for the second time in a row, as a candidate for the Astrid Lindgren International Award for his body of work.
2008: On September 28, he is nominated as a candidate for the 2008 Astrid Lindgren International Award.

Other acknowledgments: Much of his work has been included in the White Raven selection made by the International Library of Munich. In 1997 the City Council of Laguna de Duero, Valladolid, unanimously agreed to name one of his squares after him. On June 1, 1999, the Laguna de Duero City Council inaugurated a monument in the square that bears his name. The sculpture, by Lorenzo Duque, inspired by El bosque de piedra and Sopaboba, represents a block of stone and an adult lifting up a child, who writes on the stone. On one side there is a plaque with the legend He wrote for the children, they now write for him. The child writes on the stone block: PLAZA FERNANDO ALONSO.

Nominated candidate for the Astrid Lindgren International Award during the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.