Antonio Padilla Esteban BARCELONA, 2-3-1964
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Antonio Padilla Esteban BARCELONA, 2-3-1964 TEL. +34 662 060 545 [email protected] "OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A WRITER, TRANSLATOR AND REVIEWER. OVER 100 BOOKS TRANSLATED. A PUBLISHED NOVELIST." PUBLICATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS Author of the novels La mano del muerto (Libros de la Vorágine, 2012) and Serás imbécil (66 RPM Editors, 2017.) 2014/ 2019 GRUPO VOCENTO Writer of about 20 journalistic articles and feature stories for XLSemanal, the Sunday magazine distributed with Madrid’s ABC newspaper, Barcelona's El Periódico de Catalunya and 12 other Spanish dailies. (XLSemanal is the Sunday magazine with the widest circulation in Spain.) Journalistic translations (English to Spanish) 2004/2019 GRUPO VOCENTO Translation of over 800 journalistic articles and feature stories for XLSemanal. (Original articles and stories published in The Times, The Sunday Times, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Observer, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The Economist, Forbes, National Geographic, Nature, Sports Illustrated, Der Spiegel, etcetera.) Literary translations (English to Spanish): 2019: EDICIONES SALAMANDRA The Papers of Tony Veitch William McIlvanney LIBROS DEL KULTRUM Eminent Hipsters Donald Fagen 2018: EDITORIAL IMPEDIMENTA More Work for the Undertaker Margery Allingham 2017 EDICIONES URANO The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera The One Thing Marci Lee Curtis 2016 MALPASO EDICIONES Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink Elvis Costello The Happiness Industry William Davies EDICIONES URANO More Happy Than Not Adam Silvera This Is Your Brain on Parasites Kathleen McAuliffe 2015 EDICIONES URANO The One Thing Marci Lyn Curtis Dexter is Dead Jeff Lindsay Trollhunters Guillermo Del Toro 2014 RBA LIBROS The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly Killing Floor Lee Child 2013 RBA LIBROS The Kill-Off Jim Thompson Mortal Causes Ian Rankin Death of a Ghost Margery Allingham More Work for the Undertaker Margery Allingham 2012 RBA LIBROS Recoil Jim Thompson A Hell of a Woman Jim Thompson The Drop Michael Connelly The Black Box Michael Connelly Lady, Here’s Your Wreath James Hadley Chase 2011 RBA LIBROS Savage Night Jim Thompson A Lotus for Miss Quon James Hadley Chase The Third Man Graham Greene GLOBAL RHYTHM PRESS Straight Life Art Pepper 2010 PENNIMAN BOOKS Unsung Heroes of Rock’n’Roll Nick Tosches (unpublished) SOMBRA/MEDITERRÁNEO Churchill and His Generals Raymond Callahan 2009 SOMBRA/MEDITERRÁNEO George Kennan John Lukacs The Search for ‘Gestapo’ Müller Charles Whiting Oppenheimer Charles Thorpe James Jesus Angleton, the CIA and the Craft of Counterintelligence Michael Howard Holzman 2008 PENNIMAN BOOKS The Life and Times of Little Richard Charles White GLOBAL RHYTHM PRESS Music Is My Mistress Duke Ellington Nat King Cole Daniel Mark Epstein 2007 GLOBAL RHYTHM PRESS They Fuck You Up Oliver James SALAMANDRA Callisto Torsten Krol EL ALEPH The Lost Painting Jonathan Harr 2006 EL ALEPH The Furies Fernanda Eberstadt The Real David Copperfield Robert Graves 2005 GALAXIA GUTENBERG The Real War Jonathan Schell ART MEDIA The Days of Wine and Roses J.P. Miller (teatro) TIMUN MAS The Lone Drow R. L. Salvatore 2004 TURNER Shot in the Heart Mikal Gilmore ART MEDIA Dinner with Friends Donald Margulies (teatro) On Golden Pond Ernest Thompson (teatro) TIMUN MAS The Thousand Orcs R.L. Salvatore 2003 EL BRONCE The Valley of God Justin Webster EL ALEPH Tokyo Station (December 6) Martin Cruz Smith ART MEDIA Collected Stories Donald Margulies (teatro) 2002 DIAGONAL Now and on Earth Jim Thompson EL ALEPH K.L. Reich Joaquim Amat-Piniella (del catalán) EL BRONCE They Who Do Not Grieve Sia Figiel The Rights of Desire André Brink ROBIN BOOK Game Over Adele Parks 2001 MUCHNIK The Last Days of Disco Whit Stillman Mr. Clive and Mr. Page Neil Bartlett DIAGONAL Bitterroot James Lee Burke ROBIN BOOK Jazz: a History Frank Tirro Girlfriend 44 Mark Barrowcliffe 2000 MUCHNIK The Capuccino Years Sue Townsend The Toughest Indian in The World Sherman Alexie PENÍNSULA Notes from a Big Country Bill Bryson RBA You are not the Target Laura Archera Huxley 1999 EL BRONCE Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri MUCHNIK Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine Thom Jones The Third Generation Chester Himes ANAGRAMA Barça, a People’s Passion Jimmy Burns 1998 MUCHNIK Yesterday will Make You Cry Chester Himes BIBLIOTEX The Fallen Idol Graham Greene EL BRONCE Nervous Conditions Tsitsi Dangarembga The Story of Zahra Hanan al-Shaykh 1995 IMATCO Havanera Rift Fournier Aunt Elizabeth Joyce Buñuel 1984/94 PLANETA Random Hearts Warren Adler The War of the Roses Warren Adler Durrell in Russia Gerald Durrell How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist Gerald Durrell Modern Prevention Isadore Rosenfeld Willow Wayland Drew Ten Years Beyond Baker Street Cay van Ash Champagne Nicola Thorne Degree of Guilt Richard North Patterson Screaming Bones Pat Burden Father, Forgive Me Pat Burden COPYWRITING / PROOFREADING Freelance copywriter for XLSemanal, The Barcelona Review, El Periódico de Catalunya, PROGRESA, BLUE MOON-CAMARILLO, DISCONFORME y PLANET MUSIC, among other periodicals and companies. Freelance reviewer for EL ALEPH, GLOBAL RHYTHM PRESS, MUCHNIK, RBA, DESTINO, LIBROS DE LA VORÁGINE, among other publishing houses. INTERPRETING 1997/2006 ABACONGRESS Simultaneous / consecutive translation 1999/2002 DEBAT TRADUCTORS Simultaneous / consecutive translation 1999/2002 PARLAMÓN Simultaneous / consecutive translation 1998/1999 NOVA TRADUCTORS Simultaneous / consecutive translation 1997/99 SAX TRADUCTORS Simultaneous / consecutive translation FIELDS OF EXPERTISE Journalism. Literature. Culture in general. Politics and current affairs. History and social sciences in general. Business and economics. Media and entertainment. The arts. Science. Advertising. Technology. Sports. STUDIES 1993 UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA B.A. in English Language and Literature .