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Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa

11 October 1936 -

Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa (born 11 October 1936 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands) is a Spanish novelist, inventor and industrialist. His novels have sold over 25 million copies worldwide. He is the owner of A.V.F.S.L, a desalinization company that uses a method of desalinization by pressure, invented by himself.

He was a war correspondent in La Vanguardia, for TVE (Televisión Española) and for the program A toda plana with Miguel de la Cuadra Salcedo. As a correspondent, he documented revolutionary wars in countries such as Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala.

He later wrote his first novel, Arena y viento (Sand and Wind), and in 1975, he published as many as 14 to 15 novellas such as Ébano. His other works include Tuareg and El perro, as well as the sagas Cienfuegos, Bora Bora, Manaos and Piratas.

His novel Tuareg was cinematized in 1984 by director Enzo G. Castellari His novel Iguana was cinematized in 1988 by Monte Hellman. His novel Garoé (the name of a sacred tree in the Canary Islands) won the 2010 Historical Novel Prize Alfonso X El Sabio. He has also published an autobiography entitled Anaconda.

He is also a screenwriter and film director and has made such films as Oro rojo.

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  • Cover of: Tuareg: Roman
    First published in 1981 19 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition tuaregroman0000vazq Cover of edition tuaregroman0000vazq_b1m7

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  • Cover of: Ebano
    First published in 1975 13 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Manaos (Novelistas del dia)

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  • Cover of: Nuevos Dioses
    First published in 1980 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Anaconda: el mundo estaba allí

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  • Cover of: Vendaval
    First published in 1986 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: La iguana.
    First published in 1981 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Los ojos del tuareg
    First published in 2000 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Tierra virgen: la destrucción del Amazonas.

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  • Cover of: Marfil/Ivory
    First published in 1976 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Centauros
    First published in 2007 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition centauroslaavent0000unse

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  • Cover of: Arena y viento / Bajo siete mares

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    First published in 2014 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition medusa0000vazq

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  • Cover of: El inca
    First published in 1999 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: ¿Quién mató al embajador?

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  • Cover of: Xaragua: Cienfuegos VI (Bestseller Bibioteca Alberto Vazquz-Figueroa)

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November 1, 2021 Edited by dcapillae Remove wrong alternative names
November 1, 2021 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
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