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Eduardo Mendicutti (born March 24, 1948) is a Spanish writer and journalist.[1][2] Mendicutti was ranked among the top 50 most influential gays in Spain.[3]

Eduardo Mendicutti
Born	(1948-03-24)March 24, 1948 Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain

Background

Mendicutti was born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Cádiz, a province of Spain where he attended the Instituto Padre Luis Coloma de Jerez school.[4] In 1972, Mendicutti moved to Madrid where he studied journalism and began writing for newspapers and magazines. Mendicutti had a column in the El Mundo, a daily newspaper since its foundation, wrote stories for the now defunct gay Zero and is currently a commentator on television. In 2014, El Mundo ranked him 28 in the most influential 50 gays in Spain saying he is very active in the gay movement.[3][5] For his public activism, a plaza was built in his honor at his native city.

Mendicutti and Spanish writer Almudena Grandes, who died in 2021, were very good friends.[6][7][8]

Works

Novels

• Una mala noche la tiene cualquiera (1982)[9]
• El salto del ángel (1985)
• Siete contra Georgia (1987)
• Tiempos mejores (1989)
• El palomo cojo (1991)
• Última conversación (1991)
• Los novios búlgaros (1993)
• Yo no tengo la culpa de haber nacido tan sexy (1997)
• El beso del cosaco (2000)
• El ángel descuidado (2002)
• Duelo en Marilyn City (2003)[10]
• California (2005)
• Ganas de hablar (2008)[11]
• Mae West y yo (2011)
• Otra vida para vivirla contigo (2013)
• Furias divinas (2016)[12]
• Malandar (2018)
• Para que vuelvas hoy (2020)[13]

Short stories

• Fuego de marzo (1995).
• "Solamente una vez", in the anthology Tu piel en mi boca (2004).
• Pasiones fugaces (2004). [14]
• "Canela y oro", in the anthology Lo que no se dice (2014).

Chronicle

• La Susi en el vestuario blanco (2003). Crónicas veraniegas publicadas en el diario El Mundo, corregidas y completadas.

Other

• Testimonio en la antología Fobias. Diez escritores cuentan sus miedos (2002).[15]

Awards

Mendicutti has received a number of awards for his works:[16]

• Premio Sésamo 1973 for Tatuaje
• Café Gijón 1974 for Cenizas
• Ciudad de Barbastro 1982 Short story award for Una mala noche la tiene cualquiera
• Premio Cáceres 1984 Short story award for Última conversación
• La Sonrisa Vertical 1987 finalist for Siete contra Georgia
• Premio Nacional de Narrativa 1992 finalist for El palomo cojo
• Andalucía de la Crítica 2002 award for El ángel descuidado[17]
• Nino Gennaro Award, 2012, from the Sicilia Queer filmfest[18]
• Premio Pluma Literaria 2017[19]

Film adaptions

• El palomo cojo (1995),[20] film directed by Jaime de Armiñán, adapted from novel by the same name.
• Bulgarian Lovers (2003),[21] film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia, adapted from novel by the same name.

References

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