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Ray Loriga
Ray Loriga in Barcelona, 2014
Born	Jorge Loriga Torrenova (1967-03-05) March 5, 1967 (age 51) Madrid, Spain
Pen name	Ray Loriga
Occupation	Writer, film director
Nationality	Spanish
Period	1990s–present
Literary movement	X Generation
Notable awards	Alfaguara Novel Prize
Spouse	Christina Rosenvinge (div. 2006)
Children	2

Jorge Loriga Torrenova, better known as Ray Loriga (born March 5, 1967), is a Spanish author, screenwriter, and director^[1] (born Madrid, 1967). His first novel Lo Peor de todo (The Worst Thing of All), was published in 1992, and was followed by Héroes in 1993.

Caídos del Cielo (La pistola de mi hermano) (My Brother's Gun) is the first of his novels to be published in English, and he directed a film based on this book in 1997. His second novel to be published in English is Tokio ya no nos quiere (Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore).^[2]

Loriga married Spanish-Danish singer-songwriter Christina Rosenvinge in 1989.

In April 2017, Loriga was awarded the Alfaguara Prize for his novel Rendición (Rendition). It is one of the richest Spanish-language literary prizes.^[3]

Bibliography

Novels

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  Lo peor de todo (1992) (The Worst Thing of All)


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  Héroes (1993)


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  Caídos del Cielo (La pistola de mi hermano) (1995, English publication in 1998) (My Brother's Gun)


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  Tokio ya no nos quiere (1999, English publication in 2003) (Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore).


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  Trífero (2000)


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  El hombre que inventó Manhattan (2004) (The Man Who Invented Manhattan).


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  Za Za, emperador de Ibiza (2014).


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  Rendición (2016) (Rendition)(Alfaguara prize 2017)

Short story collections

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  Días extraños (1994) (Strange Days)


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  Días aún más extraños (2007) (Even Stranger Days)

Screenplays

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  Carne trémula (1997) (with Pedro Almodóvar) (Tremulous Meat or Live Flesh)


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  La pistola de mi hermano (1997) (My Brother's Gun)


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  El séptimo día (2004) (The Seventh Day)


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  Ausentes [es] (2005) (Absentees)


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  Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007) (Teresa: The Body of Christ)

Filmography

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  La pistola de mi hermano (1997) (My Brother's Gun)


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  Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007) (Teresa: The Body of Christ)

External links

• Ray Loriga's Unofficial Page (in Spanish)


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  Ray Loriga on IMDb


• 2004 interview with the author

References

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