by Fernando Fernán Gómez · BLACKIE BOOKS · tapa dura · ISBN 9788418733468
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Discover the life and work of Fernando Fernán Gómez, the writer who best captured the 20th century in Spain. This multifaceted anthology includes 544 full-color pages with 70 excerpts from his literary work, 300 photographs (many of them unpublished), and 85 passages that narrate scenes from his life, told by Fernando himself. Immerse yourself in his memoirs, film and theater posters, press clippings, letters to the Three Wise Men, and his speech upon entering the Royal Spanish Academy. An essential book to get to know this key figure of Spanish culture in depth.
Fernando Fernández Gómez, better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez, was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director, novelist, and playwright. Prolific in all these fields, he was elected member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1998. He was born in Lima, Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America. He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924.
