Óscar Esquivias

Óscar Esquivias (born 28 June 1972 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain) is a Spanish short-story writer, poet and novelist.
He studied at the University of Burgos. He was director of the literature magazine Calamar, revista de creación (1999-2002). His first novel, El suelo bendito (Award Ateneo Joven of Seville) was published in 2000. The trilogy of novels composed of Inquietud en el Paraíso (2005), La ciudad del Gran Rey (2006) and Viene la noche (2007) shows his personal vision of Dante's Divine Comedy.
He published a collection of short stories, Pampanitos verdes, many of which contained homosexual characters and themes.
He is currently a member of the Academy of Fine Arts and History 'Institución Fernán González'.

Novels

• Étienne el Traidor (2008)
• Viene la noche (2007)
• Mi hermano Étienne (2007)
• La ciudad del Gran Rey (2006)
• Inquietud en el Paraíso (2005)
• Huye de mí, rubio (2002)
• Jerjes conquista el mar (2009) [first edition: Madrid, Visor, 2001]
• El suelo bendito (2000)

Novelettes

• El arpa eólica (in Steampunk : antología retrofuturista, 2011)

Collected short stories

• Pampanitos verdes (2010)
• La marca de Creta (2008)
• Andarás perdido por el mundo (2016).

• "Ediciones del Viento rescata Jerjes conquista el mar de Óscar Esquivias". El correo de Burgos, 15 November 2009. 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2013. 
• Santos Sanz Villanueva: «Andarás perdido por el mundo», El Cultural, 25 March 2016.

• 2011: Award “La tormenta en un vaso” to the best book written in Spanish in 2010.
• 2008: Award “Setenil” of short stories.
• 2006: Award of the Critic of Castile and León.
• 2003: Mention in the “White Ravens” catalogue of the Internationale Jugend Bibliothek of Munich.
• 2000: Award “Arte Joven de novela” of the Community of Madrid.
• 2000: Award “Ateneo Joven” of Seville for Novel.
• 1990, 1995 y 1997 - Award Letras Jóvenes of Castile and León.