Javier Cercas

Spanish writer, journalist and professor of Spanish literature · Spain · Writers · Born 1962 · age 64

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Javier Cercas Mena is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. Awards he has won for his novels include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis, and the European Book Prize for The Impostor.

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2025European Book PrizeAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of ToulouseAward2019Premio Planeta de NovelaAward2011Calamo AwardsAward2010National Novel PrizeAward2005Medal of ExtremaduraAward2001Salambó PrizeAward1962Born6 April 1962

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