# Manuel Astur

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{{Short description|Spanish writer and journalist (born 1980)}}
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'''Manuel Astur''' (born 1980) is a Spanish writer and journalist. He teaches literature at the [Escuela de Letras de Gijón](/source/Escuela_de_Letras_de_Gij%C3%B3n). Astur has written a number of books, among them:

* ''Y encima es mi cumpleaños'' (And It's My Birthday On Top of Everything, 2013, poetry)
* ''Quince días para acabar con el mundo'' (Fifteen Days to End the World, 2014, novel) 
* ‘Seré un anciano hermoso en un gran país’ (I'll Be a Handsome Old Man in a Great Country, 2015, essay).

His book ''San, el libro de los milagros'' (''Of Saints and Miracles'') was translated into English by [Claire Wadie](/source/Claire_Wadie) for [Peirene Press](/source/Peirene_Press) and [New Vessel Press](/source/New_Vessel_Press).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuel Astur |url=https://www.peirenepress.com/authors-translators/manuel-astur/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Peirene Press |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuel Astur |url=https://www.lit-across-frontiers.org/de/profiles/manuel-astur/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Literature Across Frontiers |language=en}}</ref>

==Honours==
In 2017, Astur was named one of the most promising writers in Europe by the [New Voices from Europe](/source/New_Voices_from_Europe) initiative from [Literary Europe Live](/source/Literary_Europe_Live). Other writers named were [Andrei Dósa](/source/Andrei_D%C3%B3sa) (Romania), [Arvis Viguls](/source/Arvis_Viguls) (Latvia), [Asja Bakić](/source/Asja_Baki%C4%87) (Bosnia and Herzegovina), [Bronka Nowicka](/source/Bronka_Nowicka) (Poland), [Charlotte Van den Broeck](/source/Charlotte_Van_den_Broeck) (Belgium), [Llyr Gwyn Lewis](/source/Llyr_Gwyn_Lewis) (Wales), [Nathalie Ronvaux](/source/Nathalie_Ronvaux) (Luxembourg), [Sophie Divry](/source/Sophie_Divry) (France) and [Steinunn G. Helgadóttir](/source/Steinunn_G._Helgad%C3%B3ttir) (Iceland).

In 2016, Astur was also named one of the best young writers in Spanish by ''[ABC Cultural](/source/ABC_Cultural)''. Other writers named beside Astur were [Sara Mesa](/source/Sara_Mesa), [Jesús Carrasco](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Carrasco), [Matías Candeira](/source/Mat%C3%ADas_Candeira), [Juan Gómez Bárcena](/source/Juan_G%C3%B3mez_B%C3%A1rcena), [Elena Medel](/source/Elena_Medel) and [Gabriela Ybarra](/source/Gabriela_Ybarra).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-18 |title=Así habla la nueva narrativa española |url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/libros/abci-habla-nueva-narrativa-espanola-201602181920_noticia.html |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Diario ABC |language=es}}</ref>

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