Antonio Vera Ramírez
Antonio Vera Ramírez (2 July 1934 – 29 July 2024) was a Spanish author who wrote about factual scientific subjects, but in various fictional styles, such as mystery, crime and romance, well-known as Lou Carrigan, he also wrote under the pseudonyms Angelo Antonioni, Crowley Farber, Lou Flanagan, Anthony Hamilton, Sol Harrison, Anthony Michaels, Anthony W. Rawer, Angela Windsor and Giselle.{{citation|title=Person Antonio Vera Ramirez|url=http://www.tercerafundacion.net/biblioteca/ver/persona/1382|publisher=tercerafundacion.net|accessdate=2009-09-02|language=Spanish}}
Life and career
Vera Ramírez was born in Barcelona on 2 July 1934. He married Pepita Rodero Forga in 1958 and started to write.{{citation|title=Catorce parejas celebran hoy sus bodas de oro en las antiguas casas consistoriales (Fourteen couples celebrate their golden wedding anniversary today in the old town halls)|url=http://www.hoy.es/20081018/badajoz/catorce-parejas-celebran-bodas-20081018.html|accessdate=2009-09-02|language=Spanish}} He used pulp fiction and Anglicized words in his books, such as Moderno diccionario ilustrado de la lengua castellana,{{citation|last=Ramírez|first=Antonio Vera|year=1989|publisher=Andrade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4seAgAACAAJ&q=Antonio+Vera+Ramírez|title=Moderno diccionario ilustrado de la lengua castellana|isbn=9788487418006|accessdate=2009-09-02}} Adios, good-bye, sayonara,{{citation|last=Ramírez|first=Antonio Vera|year=1974|title=Adios, good-bye, sayonara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJGLHAAACAAJ&q=Antonio+Vera+Ramírez|publisher=Ediciones Petronia|accessdate=2009-09-02}} Poderes Ocultos de Los Seres Superiores{{citation|last=Ramírez|first=Antonio Vera|year=2008|title=Poderes Ocultos de Los Seres Superiores|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBB9OwAACAAJ&q=Antonio+Vera+Ramírez|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781409240242|accessdate=2009-09-02}} and Jardín siniestro{{citation|last=Ramírez|first=Antonio Vera|year=1996|title=Jardín siniestro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bS1aK8GHO3AC&q=Jardin+Siniestro|publisher=Vosa|isbn=9788482189758|accessdate=2009-09-02}} He wrote over 25 books, and also worked with Adriano Bolzoni to complete "No importa morir" in 1969.http://pagerankalert.com/paginas/show/5240{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Vera Ramírez died on 29 July 2024, at the age of 90.{{cite news |last1=Migoya |first1=Hernán |title=Lou Carrigan: el hombre que más teclas de emoción pulsó en la novela popular española |url=https://theobjective.com/cultura/literatura/2024-09-06/lou-carrigan-teclas-emocion-novela-popular-espanola/ |access-date=24 September 2024 |publisher=The Objective |date=6 September 2024}}
Filmography
- Four Candles for Garringo (1971)
- And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971)
- Stagecoach of the Condemned (1970)
- Twenty Paces to Death (1970)
- La banda de los tres crisantemos (1970)
- Bridge Over the Elbe (1969)
- Estudio 3 (1965)
Bibliography
= As Antonio Vera Ramírez =
== Non-fiction ==
- ¿Qué es el Opus Dei? (1993)
- Pregúntale a Lao Tse (1997)
- Pregúntale a Mahoma (1997)
- Pregúntale a Confucio (1998)
References
External links
- {{Official|http://www.loucarrigan.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|0140448}}
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