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The world of Pilar Alberdi

"The great thing is a look

differently about our world"

By José María Marcos

INSOMNIA Exclusive

In an interview

to INSOMNIA, author and psychologist Pilar Alberdi (Argentina, 1954) spoke of his passion for books and the recent launch in Spain of Land Esmeralda. The magic sphere (Worlds Epic Publishing Group, 2011), a book aimed at the youth, seeks to be the tip of the iceberg of a series of stories that take place in a world linked to the Homeric figurations.
The author resides in Rincon de la Victoria (Malaga, Spain) and, in addition to Land Esmeralda. the magic sphere, has just launched Butterfly Wings (Editorial Casals, 2011). Among others, have been awarded prizes: Ciudad de Segovia (Segovia, 1997); Lazarillo TCE-chamber theater and rehearsal-(Manzanares, Ciudad Real, 2000) and II Story Award, Feria del Libro de Madrid, Plaza & Janes Editores (Barcelona, \u200b\u200b2000). He was a finalist in: Premio de Novela Corta Felipe Trigo (Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, 2010), VIII International Competition Fantasy Miniature micro story (Barcelona, \u200b\u200b2010); IV Hispano Call Classic Horror and Zombies, DH Publishing (Vigo, Spain, 2010), Ciudad de La Laguna Story (La Laguna, Tenerife 1998) and Juan Martin Short Story Sauras (Andorra, Teruel 1999). His stories have been selected in various anthologies: Editorial Short Story Contest III hypallage (Seville, 2010), Third Prize for stories Editions Beta (Bilbao, 2009); Award Orol Experiences: Experiences 150 and 150 authors (Ediciones Orol, Madrid, Spain , 2010) and VI Award in the Storage Pumpkins: Forests (Editorial Bag of Bones, Valladolid, 2010).
- When started writing?
"The first poem I wrote for twelve years and published in a English magazine. Before that, I remember in elementary school I was very interested Platero and I, Juan Ramón Jiménez. A couple of years before writing the poem cited above, I read in an encyclopedia in installments that could be bought in Argentina, a Japanese haiku that read something like: "At the last moment, / a gesture of piety, / do not you forget. " Were the words of an emperor to a soldier. About the same time, I read an excerpt from The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, who greatly impressed me. The effort to get that old its purpose, and child support seemed overwhelming. And I was trapped forever in the literature. If I start thinking about my life, I would say that these two texts, and many others, but those two in particular come to have special significance.
The full interview HERE