Alphabet Authors ~ R is for Ruiz Zafón

I found this idea on Simon's blog @ Stuck in a Book. He picks an author for each letter of the alphabet, sharing which of their books he's read, which I ones he owns, how he came across them etc.

I might not do it exactly as he does but I will try to get to all the letters of the alphabet over time.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a wonderful author. From the moment that I read his book "The Shadow of the Wind", the first of his Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, I was hooked. I read all of his novels, whether they were written for young adults or adults, they were all fantastic. And I'm not even a big fan of fantasy or anything like that. But his stories were just fascinating. He left us far too early.

- "The Shadow of the Wind" (E: La sombra del viento - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #1) - 2001
- "The Angel's Game" (E: El juego del ángel - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #2) - 2008

- "The Prisoner of Heaven" (E: El prisionero del cielo - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #3) - 2011
- "The Labyrinth of the Spirits" (E: El laberinto de los espíritus - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #4) - 2016
- "The City of Mist" (E: La Ciudad de Vapor - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #5) - 2020

- "Gaudí in Manhattan" (E: La Mujer de Vapor) - Gaudí in Manhattan - 2009
- "Marina" (E: Marina) - 1999
- "The Midnight Palace" (El Palacio de la Medianoche) - 1994
- "The Prince of Mist" (E: El príncipe de la niebla) - 1993
- "Watcher in the Shadows" (E: Las luces de Septiembre) - 1995

Facts about Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Born    25 September 1964 Barcelona, Spain

Died    19 June 2020 (aged 55) Los Angeles, California, United States

He received many prizes, i.a. the French Best Foreign Book Prize, the Canadian Prix de Associations des Libraires du Québec, the British Nielsen Award as well as the Ottakar's Award, the Spanish Protagonistas Award.

If he had lived longer, he might have even received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

His works have been translated into more than 50 different languages.
Because there are so many fans of his Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, we can now find plenty of maps of the important story landmarks for any fan who wanted to follow in the footsteps of the book's protagonist, Daniel Sempere. They even offer tours through Barcelona.

Here is Carlos Ruiz Zafóns homepage.

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This is part of an ongoing series where I will write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all here.