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Félix Calviño Félix Calviño i(A81900 works by) (a.k.a. Félix Calvino)
Born: Established: Galicia,
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Spain,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon Young Love and Other Stories Félix Calviño , Melbourne : Arcadia , 2021 23499604 2021 selected work short story

'Set in a remote village in the northwest coast of Spain, Young Love is a deeply moving collection of six interconnected stories that call up the ghosts of the past half-century for the three survivors of a lively, colourful world that had no notion of how soon it was to disappear. Closely observant, and always aware of the plural realities that define individual lives, Félix Calvino has once again created a world that readers can immediately enter and make their own.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 So Much Smoke Félix Calviño , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: So Much Smoke 2016;
1 5 y separately published work icon So Much Smoke Félix Calviño , Kew : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2016 10450820 2016 selected work short story

'The short stories in So Much Smoke owe much to Félix Calvino’s own experiences as a migrant who moved from the Galicia region of Spain to Australia, a country and culture radically different from the peasant village he left behind. The majority of the stories chronicle the hardships and small joys of village life, while the Australian stories tell of the migrant experience in which all that is known is forfeited in the search for material security.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Road Félix Calviño , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 34 no. 4 2015; (p. 61-64)
1 The Sleepwalker Félix Calviño , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 59 no. 9 2015; (p. 95-99)
1 Kneading the Dough Félix Calviño , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Bumf 2014;
1 y separately published work icon A Galician Writer in Australian Literature Félix Calviño , 15 May 2014 7518947 2014 single work criticism
1 What Do You Know About Your Friends? Félix Calviño , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 9 no. 4 2014;
1 5 y separately published work icon Alfonso Félix Calviño , Kew : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2013 6976143 2013 single work novel

'Alfonso is a short novel set in Sydney between 1962 and 1971. The protagonist is a man from the northwest of Spain who migrates to Australia to escape poverty. When he arrives in Australia he confronts language problems, homesickness and isolation. He works as a carpenter and eventually buys an old house in Surry Hills, unaware of the cost and commitment associated with old houses and feuding neighbours. When the house is finished he meets a woman and they fall in love, but the woman leaves for England. The story then traces his search for love and in the process he finds a way to belong in his new country. More than a love story, this is a novella about the migrant experience in which all that is known is forfeited in the search for material security.'

Source: Author's blog (http://ahatfulofcherries.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/alfonso.html). (Sighted: 31/1/2014)

1 y separately published work icon A Little Love Félix Calviño , Brisbane : 2013 6018863 2013 single work short story
1 Sheep in the Valiant (from: Alfonso, a work-in-progress) Félix Calviño , 2011 extract novel
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 115-119)
1 The Gypsies Félix Calviño , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Pinstripe Fedora , no. 8 2010; (p. 9-10)
1 The Hen Félix Calviño , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Pinstripe Fedora , no. 8 2010; (p. 41-43)
1 In the Park Félix Calviño , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Fast Forward : The Mix Tape : A Collection of Flash Fiction : Volume 3 2010; (p. 123--124)
1 1 They Are Only Dreams Félix Calviño , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Fast Forward : A Collection of Flash Fiction : Volume 2 2009; (p. 84-86)
1 Mrs Ferguson's Funeral i "They stood by the open grave in a circle", Félix Calviño , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Stamping Ground : An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction Set in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne 2009; (p. 9-11)
1 Your Letter i "Comes at Christmas", Félix Calviño , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 28 no. 4 2009; (p. 38)
1 The Curse i "The day after", Félix Calviño , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Specusphere , September no. 4 2008;
1 We Lost Our Way Félix Calviño , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Getting Hitched , April 2008;
The man listens to Madame Du Pont's Bastille Day speech, then claps. He takes a glass of wine from a waiter's tray and thinks about the woman with the long black hair and pale complexion he had seen earlier looking out the window facing the garden...
1 Unfinished Thoughts Félix Calviño , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: A Hatful of Cherries : Stories 2007; (p. 191-199)
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