{"id":4945,"date":"2012-09-10T08:40:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T08:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/?page_id=4945"},"modified":"2018-09-24T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T10:26:10","slug":"the-writter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/the-writter\/","title":{"rendered":"About the writter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5dfmi5-121f5e6bf9287321b0587264570e7ef7\">\n.avia-section.av-5dfmi5-121f5e6bf9287321b0587264570e7ef7{\nbackground-color:#f7f7f7;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-5dfmi5-121f5e6bf9287321b0587264570e7ef7 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4945'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-e35720f624776a2fe18dd715c13067d7\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e35720f624776a2fe18dd715c13067d7{\npadding-bottom:40px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e35720f624776a2fe18dd715c13067d7 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e35720f624776a2fe18dd715c13067d7 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-e35720f624776a2fe18dd715c13067d7 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >About the writter<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-22t07x-566acf3056bf4d87b361866bc063c99d sc-av_one_third av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-22t07x-566acf3056bf4d87b361866bc063c99d\">\n.flex_column.av-22t07x-566acf3056bf4d87b361866bc063c99d{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-22t07x-566acf3056bf4d87b361866bc063c99d av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jjo1g5yj-25540472b72eef4eee2847039a23cfb6\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jjo1g5yj-25540472b72eef4eee2847039a23cfb6 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jjo1g5yj-25540472b72eef4eee2847039a23cfb6 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jjo1g5yj-25540472b72eef4eee2847039a23cfb6 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-12158 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-12158 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fb83b9a822a04a140b4999247a83f4bc_L-495x400.jpg\" alt='' title='fb83b9a822a04a140b4999247a83f4bc_L'  height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-22t07x-b5cef3b99bb8c7f2946c9b27a67e0ae5\">\n.flex_column.av-22t07x-b5cef3b99bb8c7f2946c9b27a67e0ae5{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-22t07x-b5cef3b99bb8c7f2946c9b27a67e0ae5 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jjo16mnq-a6a232dae99545312ec1efd1a8bf08b6\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-jjo16mnq-a6a232dae99545312ec1efd1a8bf08b6 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:19px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jjo16mnq-a6a232dae99545312ec1efd1a8bf08b6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Agust\u00edn Fern\u00e1ndez Paz<\/strong> (Vilalba, 1947-Vigo, 2016) is one of the best known and most valued writers in the field of children\u2019s and young adults\u2019 literature in Galicia and the rest of Spain. He is the author of more than fifty titles mainly aimed at young and adolescent readers. His books, written in Galician, are regularly translated into the other Spanish languages: Castilian, Catalan and Basque. Several titles have also been translated into Portugese, Korean, English, Italian, Bulgarian, Chinese, French and Arabic.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 --><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-uyvx-877c4fea77b4a3af516845355f073c7e main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4945'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4d9yxp-e1c96a46432d014ab7e2bedd9d77ced7\">\n.flex_column.av-4d9yxp-e1c96a46432d014ab7e2bedd9d77ced7{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4d9yxp-e1c96a46432d014ab7e2bedd9d77ced7 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jjo16mnq-05d2d2df06a87ad5b4bb995e98b1f0f5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class='av_dropcap1 av-av_dropcap1-3cd9da5fea0ef5fb27aee617571c39a3'>A<\/span>s well as being an industrial machinery inspector, Agust\u00edn Fern\u00e1ndez Paz was a teacher and has a degree in educational sciences. He worked as a teacher for more than thirty years, in primary and secondary education. Alongside his teaching career, he also developed a range of theoretical and informative activities, centred on themes such as the introduction of communication media in the classroom, reading promotion, the promotion of the Galician language in a bilingual context or the teaching of the language. He had a significant role in the creation of language and literature teaching materials (one of his works, Canles 5, received the Emilia Pardo Baz\u00e1n National Award for non-sexist textbooks).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agust\u00edn Fern\u00e1ndez Paz<\/strong>\u2019s books have received numerous prizes, in both the Galician and Spanish fields (Lazarillo, Edeb\u00e9 Juvenil, Barco de Vapor, Merl\u00edn, Protagonista Jove, Edeb\u00e9 Infantil, Ra\u00f1olas, Ra\u00ed\u00f1a Lupa, Marti\u00f1o Sarmiento, Xos\u00e9 Neira Vilas, among others). He has twice been recognised as the best author of the year (in 2004, by the Galician Booksellers Federation and, in 2007, by the Galician Association of Publishers). On two occasions, he also received the prize for best children\u00b4s book of the year, awarded by the Association of Galician Language Writers. In 2008, his book O \u00fanico que queda \u00e9 o amor (Nothing Really Matters in Life More Than Love) received the National Children\u00b4s and Young Adults\u00b4 Literature Award, awarded by the Spanish Ministry for Culture.<\/p>\n<p>In the international field his four nominations for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013) stand out. O \u00fanico que queda \u00e9 o amor was included on the IBBY Honour List in 2010, as were <em>Contos por palabras<\/em> (\u2018Stories for Words\u2019) in 1992 and <em>Aire Negro<\/em> (\u2018Black Air\u2019) in 2002.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2h370t-078d443ee4f005f87b76ff8e562128e4\">\n.flex_column.av-2h370t-078d443ee4f005f87b76ff8e562128e4{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2h370t-078d443ee4f005f87b76ff8e562128e4 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jjo16mnq-05d2d2df06a87ad5b4bb995e98b1f0f5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class='av_dropcap1 av-av_dropcap1-3cd9da5fea0ef5fb27aee617571c39a3'>C<\/span>ontos por palabras was considered one of the eleven essential titles in children\u00b4s and young adults\u00b4 literature of the 20th century by a panel of experts during the first Language and Literature Congress for children and adolescents, held in Santiago, Chile in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011 in Guadalajara (Mexico) he was awarded the VII SM Iberoamerican Award for Children\u2019s and Young Adults\u2019 Literature in recognition of his literary career. In addition, the OEPLI agreed to designate him the Spanish candidate for the 2012 Andersen Award.<\/p>\n<p>His books are highly appreciated by young and adolescent readers and they have all been reprinted many times. Some of them, such as <em>Cartas de invern<\/em>o (\u2018Letters of Winter\u2019), T<em>rece anos de Branca<\/em> (\u2018Thirteen Years of Blanca\u2019) or <em>As fadas verdes<\/em> (\u2018The Green Fairies\u2019) have surpassed the frontier of one hundred thousand copies sold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agust\u00edn Fern\u00e1ndez Paz<\/strong>\u00a0likes to reiterate, in the words of the Norwegian Jostein Gaarder, his part in an explicit fight to achieve a worthy social status for children\u00b4s and young adults\u2019 literature. Perhaps that is why he turns as a guide to the words which Alvaro Cunqueiro \u2013 one of the greatest and most imaginative writers which Galicia has given to western literature \u2013 wrote in 1963:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe characteristic of a writer is telling clearly, continuously and well. Telling the human totality, which they themselves have an obligation to nourish with new outlooks. And if there\u2019s one thing which is clear in this diet is that the person must in the first place, as if it were water, drink dreams.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-5dfmi5-ff833488da07eaf049d7be42cb4b584a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4945'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jjo16mnq-05d2d2df06a87ad5b4bb995e98b1f0f5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5>Other versions of the biography of Agust\u00edn Fern\u00e1ndez Paz<\/h5>\n<p><a title=\"L\u00e9mbrome\" href=\"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/lembrome\/\">\u2192 I remember<\/a> (Text of the author about his life)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4945","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18834,"href":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4945\/revisions\/18834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agustinfernandezpaz.gal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}