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Santiago Posteguillo Gómez is a Spanish philologist, linguist and author, born in Valencia in 1967. He has become known for a number of novels set in Ancient Rome, especially his Scipio Africanus trilogy. == Biography == In his beginnings as a writer during adolescence, he was interested in crime fiction, but was during his infance at the age of six when his passion for ancient Rome was born after visiting the Italian capital and being shocked by what he saw. Santiago Posteguillo achieved his doctorate at the University of Valencia. He went on to study creative literature in the United States at Denison University, in Granville, and linguistics and translation at several universities in Great Britain.〔(Biography of Posteguillo on his official website ); accessed 14 October 2011〕 He is currently senior lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain, specialising in 19th-century fiction. He pays attention to the Elizabethan theater and the relationship between English and American literature with film, music and other arts. Despite being able to live with the benefits of his excellent novels, he loves his profession at the university, which allows him to keep in touch with the youth, which is considered an extraordinary source of knowledge. He is also president of the (European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE) ), and a member of the Editorial Board of the international journals (English for Specific Purposes ) and (Written Communication ). He is author of over seventy academic publications, including (Netlinguistics: Language, Discourse and Ideology in Internet ) (2003) and the (Spanish Computing Dictionary: English-Spanish, Spanish-English ) (2004).〔(Goodreads website )〕 He lives in Puzolfrom the county of Huerta Norte, in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Town dates back to Roman times, being considered a strategic point because of its location between the Mediterranean Sea and the mountains. As a collaborator for the newspaper Las Provincias, He had demonstrated with the Booksellers Guild Award and with a nomination for the Valencian Association of Writers and Literary Critics that he is one of the greatest novelists of Roman history that has broken through with other international authors. The Valencian writer, who has made thousands of people interested in the history of ancient Rome, has become a reference for readers. "What catches my attention in dialogue with readers is the variety of them. I have readers from 10 to 98 years, and a variety of professional interests", says Posteguillo. His first novel, ''Africanus: Son of the Consul (Africanus: el hijo del cónsul)'', was published in 2006 and formed the first part of his trilogy on Scipio Africanus, the Roman general who defeated Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. The second part, ''The Accursed Legions (Las legiones malditas)'', was published in 2008, and by 2013 had reached its ninth edition.〔(New Spanish Books )〕 The final part, ''The Betrayal of Rome (La traición de Roma)'', came out in 2009. The same year he revised the three novels, now bestsellers.〔(''Bestseller from Valencia'' ), Las Provincias, 22.11.2009; accessed 14 October 2011〕 In 2011 he published ''The Emperor's Assassins (Los asesinos del emperador''), the first part of a new trilogy about the ascent to the throne of Trajan, the first Roman emperor of Spanish origin.The trilogy that began with this bestseller, continues in Circus Maximus, published on August 29, 2013. A shocking and extraordinary story, where Trajan, already emperor, must face a river of problems: Battles, conspirations, corruption, false accusations, love complications, where we will be surprised by some events like the conquest of Dacia(actual Romania), or the construction of the longest bridge in the ancient world. Posteguillo is now working on the third novel of the trilogy of Trajan. Expected in the spring of 2016. He has said of his writing: "My career is basically an academic one, in the university, but I've always had an interest in writing. Indeed, ''Africanus: Son of the Consul'' wasn't the first novel I wrote, but the third: that's to say, the third I've completely finished. The first two didn't get published and, looking back, that may be for the best".〔(Mónica Fuentes, ''“Africanus, Son of the Consul" is a novel for learning about ancient Rome in an easy and entertaining way'' ), interview with Posteguillo, (Espéculo ) magazine No. 34, 2007; accessed 14 October 2011〕 Posteguillo goes on to say that he started by writing crime novels, and that during his time as a student at Valencia he used to write poetry. "Writing poetry is always useful because it makes you polish your writing, broaden the vocabulary, master the flow of the words a little more. I was not a good poet, but in that way it helped me".〔 Posteguillo greatly appreciates the distinction of booksellers. Affirms that is grateful, and that he would try to continue working with them doing so many signatures into their establishments as it is physically possible, as recorded on the website of the Book Fest of Valencia. He says in articles published in the newspaper that he enormously laments the cultural impoverishment that brings piracy, affecting, in his opinion, to new authors or works published. 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「Santiago Posteguillo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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