Julián Ríos (born March 11,ánRí 1941 in Vigo, Galicia) is a Spanish writer, most frequently classified as a postmodernist, whom Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes has called "the most inventive and creative" of Spanish-language writers. His first two books were written à deux with Octavio Paz.
His best known work, experimental and heavily influenced by the verbal inventiveness of James Joyce, was published in 1983 under the title Larva.
Ríos lives and works in France, on the outskirts of Paris.
Bibliography
Books
Puente de alma, Ed. Galaxia Gutenberg, 2009
Quijote e hijos, Ed. Galaxia Gutenberg, 2008
Larva y otras noches de Babel. Antología. Ed. F.C.E., 2008
Cortejo de sombras: la novela de Tamoga, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2008
Nuevos sombreros para Alicia, Seix Barral, 2001 (expanded version of 1993 book) La vida sexual de las palabras, Ed. Seix Barral, 2000 Monstruario, Seix Barral, 1999 Epifanías sin fin, Ed. Literatura y ciencia, 1995 Amores que atan o Belles letres, Siruela, 1995 Sombreros para Alicia, Muchnik Editores, 1993 Retrato de Antonio Saura, Círculo de Arte, 1991 Poundemonium, Ed. Llibres del Mall, 1985 Larva. Babel de una noche de San Juan, Ed. Llibres del Mall, 1983 Teatro de signos. Ed. Fundamentos, 1974 (with Octavio Paz) Solo a dos voces. Ed. Lumen, 1973 (with Octavio Paz)