Alberto Manguel

Alberto Manguel Adrián ( born March 13, 1948 in Buenos Aires ) is a native of Argentina, writer, literature professor, translator and editor.

Life

Manguel is the son of Pablo Manguel, the first Argentine ambassador to Israel, and his wife Rosa Finkelstein. He spent his early years there. Manguel holds Canadian citizenship and lives with his partner Craig Stephenson, a psychoanalyst, in Mondion (France). He is the author of non-fiction books and novels. Alberto Manguel was 1964-1968, among others, the reader blind Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.

Works

  • From Atlantis to Utopia: a guide to the imaginary scenes of world literature. Christian, Munich 1981. ISBN 3-88472-064-3.
  • A History of Reading. Berlin 1998, ISBN. 3-353-01101-3.
  • In the seventh circle. Rowohlt Paperback -Verlag, Reinbek 1999. ISBN 3-499-22599-9.
  • In the mirror realm. Rowohlt Paperback -Verlag, Reinbek 2000. ISBN 3-499-22780-0.
  • Read: a story of love and hate. Rowohlt Paperback -Verlag, Reinbek 2002. ISBN 3-499-23199-9.
  • Stevenson under the palm trees. A metaphysical detective story. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2003. ISBN 978-3-10-047750-7.
  • Diary of a reader. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2005. ISBN 978-3-596-15943-7.
  • The library at night. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2005. ISBN 978-3-10-048750-6.
  • Alberto Manguel on Homer, Iliad and Odyssey. Munich, 2009. ISBN 978-3-423-34569-9.
  • All people lie. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2010. ISBN 978-3-10-048757-5.
  • A city of Worten.Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2011. ISBN 978-3-596-18429-3
  • Two lovers of the shadow. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2013. ISBN 978-3-10-048755-1
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