Ray Loriga

Ray Loriga

Jorge Loriga Torrenova also known as Ray Loriga, is a Spanish author, screenwriter, and director^[1] (born Madrid, 1967). His first novel Lo Peor de todo (English: The Worst Thing of All), was published in 1992, and was followed by Héroes in 1993.

Caidos del Cielo (La pistola de mi hermano) (English: My Brother's Gun) is the first of his novels to be published in English, and he directed a film based on this book in 1997. His second novel to be published in English is Tokio ya no nos quiere (English: Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore).^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

• Lo peor de todo (1992) (English: The Worst Thing of All)
• Héroes (1993)
• Caídos del Cielo (La pistola de mi hermano) (1995, English publication in 1998) (English: My Brother's Gun)
• Tokio ya no nos quiere (1999, English publication in 2003) (English: Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore).
• Trífero (2000)
• El hombre que inventó Manhattan (2004) (English: The Man Who Invented Manhattan).
• Za Za, emperador de Ibiza (2014).

Short story collections

• Días extraños (1994) (English: Strange Days)
• Días aún más extraños (2007) (English: Even Stranger Days)

Screenplays

• Carne trémula (1997) (with Pedro Almodóvar) (English: Tremulous Meat or Live Flesh)
• La pistola de mi hermano (1997) (English: My Brother's Gun)
• El séptimo día (2004) (English: The Seventh Day)
• Ausentes (2005) (English: Absentees)
• Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007) (English: Teresa: The Body of Christ)

Filmography

• La pistola de mi hermano (1997) (English: My Brother's Gun)
• Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007) (English: Teresa: The Body of Christ)

External links

• Ray Loriga's Unofficial Page (in Spanish)
• Ray Loriga at the Internet Movie Database
• 2004 interview with the author

References

1. "About This Person From All Movie Guide:". NY Times. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
2. SAM LIPSYTE (October 17, 2004). "'Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore': Don't Speak, Memory". NY Times. Retrieved February 17, 2012.