What is Eduardo Mendoza Garriga?
[[File:Eduardo Mendoza (Feria del Libro de Madrid, 6 de junio de 2008).jpg|right|200px]] '''Eduardo Mendoza Garriga''' (born 11 January 1943) is a Spanish novelist. He was born in [[Barcelona]]. Between 1973 and 1982, he worked as an [[Interpreting|interpreter]] for the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.classicspanishbooks.com/contemporary-spanish-novels-eduardo-mendoza-garriga.html |title=The Life & Works of Eduardo Mendoza Garriga |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2011 |website=Spanish Books |access-date=6 November 2018 }}</ref> In 1975 he published his very successful first novel, ''La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta'' (''The Truth About the Savolta Case''). The Spanish newspaper ''[[El País]]'' published two of his novels in instalments, ''Sin Noticias de Gurb'' ([[No Word from Gurb]], 1990) and ''El Último Trayecto de Horacio Dos'' (''The Last Journey of Horatio Dos'', 2001), both of them science fiction comedy novels. In 2016 he was awarded the [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize|Premio Cervantes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/novelist-eduardo-mendoza-receives-coveted-cervantes-prize/a-36589235 |title=Novelist Eduardo Mendoza receives coveted Cervantes Prize |author=ct/kbm/db/eg (AP, dpa) |date=21 April 2017 |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=7 November 2018 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendoza Garriga, Eduardo}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Writers from Barcelona]] [[Category:Spanish novelists]] [[Category:Spanish translators]] [[Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners]] {{bio-stub}}