) is an Asturian language

Asturian language

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 writer. He is one of the most prolific authors of the second generation of the Surdimientu. His work currently includes seven novels, four books of poetry

Poetry

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 and two novelas

Novelas

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, in addition to translations of works by Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

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, Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual...

 and Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Fernández is also known as a musical lyricist, associated with the Asturian rock group Dixebra

Dixebra

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Life

He earned a Bachelor of Philosophy

Bachelor of Philosophy

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 from the University of Oviedo

University of Oviedo

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. at present he teaches philosophy

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 at the public institute of Luanco

Gozón

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He has won, among other awards, the Xosefa de Xovellanos prize for narratives in 1994 and 1999. He has promoted various cultural initiatives and he was a member of the editorial staff of the essay magazine Tiempu de Nós.

Novels

• El silenciu en fuga (1990)
• Tráficu de cuerpos (1990)
• El club de los inocentes (1994)
• El suañu de los pornos de sable (1999)
• Los homes de bronce (2001)
• Les ruines (2005)
• El nuesu mar de las vaginas (2005)
• La banda sonora del paraísu (2006)

Books of poetry

• Primer bestiariu (1990)
• Breviariu de la diáspora (1993)
• Lletra muerto (1998)
• Servidume (2000)