Antonio Munoz Molina
Antonio Munoz Molina
Antonio Muñoz Molinais a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. In 2013 he received the Prince of Asturias Award for literature...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth10 January 1956
CountrySpain
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One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.
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I'm afraid I have an incurable urge for teaching.
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Many of the books I read, I had to read them in French, English, or Italian, because they hadn't been translated into Spanish.
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When I write short fiction or novellas, I like to leave a hint of the fantastic, of the unreal. If you write a completely fantastic novel with ghosts and everything, the effect is less powerful than if you portray an absolutely realistic situation and, in the middle of this, you put a layer of fantasy, of mystery.
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An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.
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Shakespeare is a permanent presence in the English letters.
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There can be no better prize for a writer than one awarded by an international book fair.
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People think that dreams are better than reality but this is not always the case; sometimes, because you dream too much, you are unable to see what you have in front of your very eyes.
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Money makes people bold and cosmopolitan; if you are poor, you are naturally conservative. Its not easy to be a bohemian when you have to worry about what is going to happen with you and with your next paycheck.
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Here in Spain, there are Argentine Jews, children and grandchildren of immigrants of Jews who fled Germany or Austria in the thirties, and in the seventies during the dictatorship, they had to go into exile again.
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I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country,
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Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish.
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There are two types of stories: public and private.
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I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason.