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Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951 in Cartagena) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE and was a war correspondent for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, ''El húsar'', set in the Napoleonic Wars, was released in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his "Alatriste" series of novels. He is now a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, a position he has held since 12 June 2003. ==Writing== Pérez-Reverte's novels are usually centered on one strongly defined character, and his plots move along swiftly, often featuring a narrator who is part of the story but apart from it. Most of his novels take place in Spain or around the Mediterranean, and often draw on numerous references to Spanish history, colonial past, art and culture, ancient treasures and the sea. The novels frequently deal with some of the major issues of modern Spain such as drug trafficking or the relationship of religion and politics. Often, Pérez-Reverte's novels have two plots running in parallel with very little connection between them except for shared characters. For example, in ''The Club Dumas'', the protagonist is searching the world for a lost book and keeps meeting people who parallel figures from Dumas novels; the movie made from it, ''The Ninth Gate'', did not feature the Dumas connection with no loss of narrative momentum. In ''The Flanders Panel'', a contemporary serial killer is juxtaposed with the mystery of a 500-year-old assassination. In his columns and his main characters, Pérez-Reverte usually displays a pessimism about human behaviour, shaped by his wartime experiences in places like El Salvador, Croatia or Bosnia〔(His weekly column for 10 June 2007 explains why he avoids reminiscing about the Bosnian War )〕 and his research for crime shows. Throughout his career, and especially in its latter half, he has been notorious for cultivating his now trademark maverick, non-partisan and at times abrasive persona. This has occasionally been a source of conflict with more sectarian journalists and writers.〔()〕 He originally refused to have his novels translated from the original Spanish to any language other than French. However, English translations were eventually made available for some of his works, and most of his work is also available in Portuguese. In May 2011 the Audiencia Provincial of Madrid ordered Pérez-Reverte and Manuel Palacios, director and coauthor of the film Gitano to pay 80,000 Euros to the film maker Antonio González-Vigil who had sued them for alleged plagiarism of the film's script, a decision Pérez-Reverte described as "a clear ambush" and a "clear manoeuvre to extort money."〔(''El escritor Arturo Pérez-Reverte, condenado a pagar 80.000 euros por plagio'' ), note from EFE, reproduced in ''El País'' digital 6 May 2011, accessed 22 October 2011〕 The ruling contradicted two previous criminal rulings and one from a merchant judiciary which had supported Pérez-Reverte and Palacios. In July 2013 the Audiencia Provincial of Madrid ordered Pérez-Reverte to pay 200,000 euros to González-Vigil for plagiarism.〔('' El Correo Arturo Pérez-Reverte paga más de 200.000 euros por el plagio de un guión'' 16 July, 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arturo Pérez-Reverte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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