Rubén Caba
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Rubén Caba, born in Madrid
, is a Spanish
novelist and essayist. Degrees in Law and in Philosophy at de Universidad Complutense de Madrid. And graduated in Sociology at Instituto de Estudios Políticos, Madrid.
Madrid
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, is a Spanish
Spain
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novelist and essayist. Degrees in Law and in Philosophy at de Universidad Complutense de Madrid. And graduated in Sociology at Instituto de Estudios Políticos, Madrid.
Prizes
- Arcipreste de Hita Prize (1982), for his poem Carta en cuaderna vía.
- América Hispana Prize (1992), for Las piedras del Guairá, historic novel for the first foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de MendozaPedro de MendozaPedro de Mendoza y Luján was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first adelantado of the Río de la Plata.- Setting sail :...
in 1536. - Premios del Tren (2004), for the tale El amigo viajero de Beppo Abdul Wahab.
- Premios del Tren (2005), for the tale El rigor de las desdichas.
Secondary literature
- Diccionario de literatura española e hispanoamericana. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1993
- Diccionario de escritores en lengua castellana. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, 2004
External links
- http://books.google.com/books?id=ePsxlk3tTOsC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=%22ruben+caba%22+english&source=bl&ots=ygJnjRPoDt&sig=WoTwOFxpbgIi-m59oiO-XbBeb3M&hl=en&ei=6qxyS4biOoT94AbmwZzOCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22ruben%20caba%22%20english&f=falsebooks (About Literary routes of Spain)
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071750/ (Film Libro de Buen Amor)
- http://www.elmundo.es/ladh/numero84/todo1.html (Abstract about the travel of Cabeza de Vaca in 16th century)
- http://www.iberarte.com/content/view/2923/1/ (Interview about Cabeza de Vaca)