Ruiz de Aguirre, Alfonso

ALFONSO RUIZ DE AGUIRRE (Toledo, 1968) has always been an inveterate reader. He didn't venture into professional writing, however, until his thirties... a career he started almost by accident. His novels and short stories soon began to win literary competitions: Felipe Trigo (El Bano de la Cava, 2001), Diputacion de Guadalajara (El arbol de la vida, 2001) and Ciudad de Toledo (Olivera de Bernuy, 2001). In 2006, his novel Arde Troya (Amargord Press) was shortlisted for the Ateneo de Sevilla Award. That same year, Calambur Press published another of his shortlisted novel, El difamador. Alfonso h...