Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 6 November 1966) is an Equatoguinean author and activist. His parents were from the remote island of Annobón, off the West African coast. He is at the center of the feature award-winning documentary The Writer From a Country Without Bookstores.[1]
For many years Ávila Laurel was one of the best known authors from Equatorial Guinea who opted not to live in exile. He has been a constant thorn in the side of his country's long-standing dictatorial government, engaging in protest and political activism.
His first novel to be published in English, By Night the Mountain Burns (And Other Stories, 2014), was shortlisted for the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and is based on his time growing up on Annobón. The Gurugu Pledge, his second novel to appear in English, was published by And Other Stories in 2017.
Ávila Laurel made headlines in 2011 by embarking on an anti-government hunger strike, and now lives in exile in Barcelona.
In 2003 he was appointed Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at Hofstra University, New York. He has spoken at conferences in Korea, Switzerland, Spain and the United States. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including novels, plays, poetry, essays, and film scripts, and has several unpublished manuscripts, some of them forthcoming. Among his published titles are:
1994 – Poemas (Ediciones del Centro Cultural Hispano-Guineano, 1994)
1994 – Los hombres domésticos (Ediciones CCHG)
1998 – Rusia se va a Asamse (Ediciones CCHG)
1999 – La carga (Editorial Palmart, 1999)
1999 – Historia íntima de la humanidad (Ediciones Pángola, Malabo, 1999)
2000 – El derecho de pernada (Editorial Pángola, Malabo)
2000 – Áwala cu sangui (Editorial Pángola, Malabo)
2001 – El desmayo de Judas (Ediciones CCHG)
2002 – Nadie tiene buena fama en este país (Editorial Malamba, Avila, España)
2002 – Misceláneas guineoecuatorianas
2004 – El fracaso de las sombras
2005 – Cómo convertir este país en un paraíso: otras reflexiones sobre Guinea Ecuatorial
2006 – Guinea ecuatorial: vísceras (Institucio Alfons el Magnanim, 2006)
2007 – Cuentos crudos (Centro Cultural Español de Malabo, 2007)
2008 – Avión de ricos, ladrón de cerdos (El Cobre, 2008)
2009 – Arde el monte de noche (Calambur Editorial, 2009)
2019 – Cuando a Guinea se iba por (Ediciones Carena, Barcelona, 2019)
juan, tomás, Ávila, laurel, born, november, 1966, equatoguinean, author, activist, parents, were, from, remote, island, annobón, west, african, coast, center, feature, award, winning, documentary, writer, from, country, without, bookstores, born, 1966, novembe. Juan Tomas Avila Laurel born 6 November 1966 is an Equatoguinean author and activist His parents were from the remote island of Annobon off the West African coast He is at the center of the feature award winning documentary The Writer From a Country Without Bookstores 1 Juan Tomas Avila LaurelBornJuan Tomas Avila Laurel 1966 11 06 6 November 1966 age 56 Santa Isabel Guinea Spain now Malabo Equatorial Guinea NationalityEquatoguineanOccupation s Author essayist activistFor many years Avila Laurel was one of the best known authors from Equatorial Guinea who opted not to live in exile He has been a constant thorn in the side of his country s long standing dictatorial government engaging in protest and political activism His first novel to be published in English By Night the Mountain Burns And Other Stories 2014 was shortlisted for the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and is based on his time growing up on Annobon The Gurugu Pledge his second novel to appear in English was published by And Other Stories in 2017 Avila Laurel made headlines in 2011 by embarking on an anti government hunger strike and now lives in exile in Barcelona Contents 1 Novels translated into English 2 Other work 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksNovels translated into English Edit 2014 By Night the Mountain Burns And Other Stories UK ISBN 9781908276407 2017 The Gurugu Pledge And Other Stories UK ISBN 9781908276940Other work EditIn 2003 he was appointed Joseph G Astman Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at Hofstra University New York He has spoken at conferences in Korea Switzerland Spain and the United States He is the author of more than a dozen books including novels plays poetry essays and film scripts and has several unpublished manuscripts some of them forthcoming Among his published titles are 1994 Poemas Ediciones del Centro Cultural Hispano Guineano 1994 1994 Los hombres domesticos Ediciones CCHG 1998 Rusia se va a Asamse Ediciones CCHG 1999 La carga Editorial Palmart 1999 1999 Historia intima de la humanidad Ediciones Pangola Malabo 1999 2000 El derecho de pernada Editorial Pangola Malabo 2000 Awala cu sangui Editorial Pangola Malabo 2001 El desmayo de Judas Ediciones CCHG 2002 Nadie tiene buena fama en este pais Editorial Malamba Avila Espana 2002 Miscelaneas guineoecuatorianas 2004 El fracaso de las sombras 2005 Como convertir este pais en un paraiso otras reflexiones sobre Guinea Ecuatorial 2006 Guinea ecuatorial visceras Institucio Alfons el Magnanim 2006 2007 Cuentos crudos Centro Cultural Espanol de Malabo 2007 2008 Avion de ricos ladron de cerdos El Cobre 2008 2009 Arde el monte de noche Calambur Editorial 2009 2019 Cuando a Guinea se iba por Ediciones Carena Barcelona 2019 See also EditNoted writers from Annobon Province Equatoguinean literature in SpanishReferences Edit The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores External links Edit Cuando a Guinea se iba por mar Malabo el blog de Juan Tomas Avila Laurel Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Juan Tomas Avila Laurel amp oldid 1096116159, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
