Javier Sierra
{{Short description|Spanish journalist}}
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Javier Sierra Albert (born 11 August 1971 in Teruel, Aragon, Spain){{cite news|last=Escalada |first=Leire |title=Intento reinterpretar la realidad a la luz de la ficción |url=http://www.diariodenavarra.es/20110223/culturaysociedad/intento-reinterpretar-realidad-luz-ficcion.html?not=2011022301565739&dia=20110223&seccion=culturaysociedad&seccion2=culturaysociedad |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730140434/http://www.diariodenavarra.es/20110223/culturaysociedad/intento-reinterpretar-realidad-luz-ficcion.html?not=2011022301565739&dia=20110223&seccion=culturaysociedad&seccion2=culturaysociedad |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |accessdate=30 May 2012 |newspaper=Diario de Navarra |date=23 February 2011 |language=Spanish }} is a journalist, writer and researcher who studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Biography
In 1989, being 12 years old, he hosted the radio programme Radio Heraldo.{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/ocio/Javier-Sierra-presenta-Prado-Cajamar_0_702530347.html |title=Javier Sierra presenta su libro 'El maestro del Prado' el martes en Cajamar |author=D.M. |date=31 May 2013 |access-date=25 April 2019 |newspaper=Diario de Almería |language=es |publisher=Joly Digital}} Six years later he founded the journal Año Cero.{{cite news |url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/Javier-Sierra-anos-senti-ninguneado_0_765723737.html |title=Javier Sierra: "Durante unos años me sentí ninguneado" |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |date=28 April 2018 |access-date=25 April 2019 |newspaper=El Diario |language=es}}
He is editor consultant of the monthly magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia (Beyond Science){{cite news|last=Staff|title=Javier Sierra en las Presencias Literarias|url=http://www.diariodecadiz.es/article/ocio/961045/javier/sierra/las/presencias/literarias.html|accessdate=30 May 2012|newspaper=Diario de Cadiz|date=28 April 2011|language=Spanish}} distributed in Spain and Latin America and he participates in several radio and television programs. During the last years, he has concentrated on writing about purported ancient mysteries.
For years{{Quantify|date=November 2008}}, Sierra has been working with people like Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval attempting to demonstrate the existence of a Golden Age of humanity.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://planetadelibrosec0.cdnstatics.com/libros_contenido_extra/30/29256_En_busca_de_la_Edad_de_Oro.pdf |title=En busca de la Edad de Oro |first=Javier |last=Sierra |year=2000 |publisher=Editorial Planeta |chapter=Egipto: El saber más antiguo del mundo |page=38 |isbn= 978-84-08-13584-5}} His hypothesis holds that this Golden Age was extinguished about 10,500 years ago, and it was the origin of all the known civilisations.{{cite news |url=https://www.europapress.es/murcia/noticia-javier-sierra-desvelara-misterios-temple-martes-dentro-feria-libro-caravaca-20170603152959.html |title=Javier Sierra desvelará 'Los misterios del temple' el martes dentro de la Feria del Libro de Caravaca |date=3 June 2017 |access-date=30 December 2019 |newspaper=Europa Press |language=es}}
Career
In 1995 he published Roswell: Secreto de Estado, about the Roswell incident, where he analysed the case.{{cite news |url=https://cadenaser.com/programa/2015/05/10/milenio_3/1431217071_608569.html |title=Milenio 3: El ET de Roswell: ¿Fraude o verdad? |first1=Javier |last1=Pérez Campos |first2=Diego |last2=Marañón |first3=Fermín |last3=Agustí |date=10 May 2015 |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=Cadena SER |language=es}}
He became the first Spaniard to be in the Top Ten of best sellers in United States.{{cite news |url=https://www.diezminutos.es/famosos-corazon/famosos-espanoles/interviews/g18545/javier-sierra-premio-planeta-2017/ |title=Javier Sierra, confesiones tras ganar el Premio Planeta 2017 |first=Rosa |last=Villcastín |editor-first=Beatriz |editor-last=Velasco |date=25 November 2017 |access-date=25 April 2019 |magazine=Diez Minutos |language=es |publisher=Hearst Magazines International}} His 2006 novel The Secret Supper was in the top ten of The New York Times Best Seller list and has been published in 42 countries.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/books/arts/best-sellers-april-30-2006.html |title=BEST SELLERS: April 30, 2006 |date=30 April 2006 |access-date=24 April 2019 |newspaper=NY Times |page=7007022 |publisher=The New York Times Company}} The Lady in Blue was published in 2007.
On 20 December 2017 it was released the documentary fiction Otros mundos by #0, which is about the great mysteries in the world.{{cite news |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20171129/javier-sierra-otros-mundos-canal-0-movistar-estreno-6458836 |title=Javier Sierra descubrirá 'Otros mundos' en canal #0 |first=Juan Carlos |last=Rosado |date=29 November 2017 |access-date=30 December 2019 |newspaper=El Periódico |language=es |publisher=Grupo Zeta}} On 22 December 2019 it was released the second season.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.es/play/television/noticias/abci-otros-mundos-javier-sierra-viaja-pasado-para-hacer-frente-obsesiones-antiguo-egipto-201912220053_noticia.html |title="Otros mundos": Javier Sierra viaja al pasado para hacer frente a una de sus obsesiones: el antiguo Egipto |first=Lorena |last=López |date=22 December 2019 |access-date=30 December 2019 |newspaper=ABC}}
Books
- El fuego invisible (2017)
- La pirámide inmortal (2014)
- El maestro del Prado (Planeta, 2013)
- El ángel perdido (Planeta, 2011)
- La cena secreta (Plaza & Janés 2004)
- El secreto egipcio de Napoleón (La Esfera de los Libros, 2002)
- Las puertas templarias (Martínez Roca, 2000)
- La dama azul (Martínez Roca, 1998)
Essays
- La ruta prohibida y otros enigmas de la historia (Planeta, 2007)
- En busca de la Edad de Oro (Plaza & Janés, 2000)
- La España extraña (EDAF, 1997), in collaboration with Jesús Callejo
- Roswell: secreto de Estado (EDAF, 1995)
Collaborations
- He participated in the collective work Relatos Ferroviarios Sobre Raíles (Imagine Ediciones, 2003)
- He directed and prologued the historical intrigue novels collection La Cámara Secreta (col. Nº 80) for Círculo de Lectores (2003–2004).
Prizes
- 2004: Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja, finalist, La Cena Secreta.{{cite news |url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/escenarios/zoe-valdes-logra-premio-ciudad-torrevieja_141886.html |title=Zoé Valdés logra el premio Ciudad de Torrevieja |first=Nuria |last=Martorrel Torrevieja |date=1 October 2004 |access-date=24 April 2019 |newspaper=El Periódico de Aragón |publisher=Grupo Zeta |language=es}}
- 2017: Cruz de San Jorge from the Teruel deputation.{{cite news |url=https://www.europapress.es/aragon/noticia-javier-sierra-recibe-cruz-san-jorge-diputacion-teruel-20170422112858.html |title=Javier Sierra recibe la Cruz de San Jorge de la Diputación de Teruel |date=22 April 2017 |access-date=25 April 2019 |newspaper=Europa Press |language=es}}
- 2017: Premio Planeta de Novela, winner, El fuego invisible{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/cultura/literatura/2017/10/15/59e3a770468aebe1278b4665.html |title=Javier Sierra se alza con el Premio Planeta con una historia del santo Grial |language=Spanish |work=El Mundo |author=Matias Nespolo |date=15 October 2017 |accessdate=16 October 2017}}
- 2018: Hijo Predilecto de Teruel.{{cite news |url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/escenarios/escritor-javier-sierra-recibe-hoy-titulo-hijo-predilecto-teruel_1310412.html |title=El escritor Javier Sierra recibe hoy el título de Hijo Predilecto de Teruel |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=25 April 2019 |newspaper=El Periódico de Aragón |language=es |publisher=Grupo Zeta}}
Radio
- Collaborator in La Rosa de los Vientos, Onda Cero Radio (2004–2006).
- Collaborator in Herrera en la onda (before Herrera y punto), Onda Cero Radio (2002–2003).
- Collaborator in Milenio 3, Cadena SER Radio (2002).
- Consultant in El Callejero, Onda Cero Radio (1998).
- Consultant in Viva la Radio, Radio Voz (1996–1998).
- Consultant in La Ventana Indiscreta, Cadena SER Radio (1989).
- Consultant in Espacio en Blanco, Radio Nacional de España (1987–1988).
- Director and presenter of La Otra Ciencia and Mare Nostrum, Radio Nueva (1986–1988).
Television
- Director and TV presenter of El Otro Lado de la Realidad, Telemadrid (2004–2005).
- Collaborator in Cada Día, Antena 3 TV (2005).
- Collaborator in Crónicas marcianas, Telecinco (1999–2004).
- Editor of Otra Dimensión, Telecinco (1993).
Press
- Editor consultant of the magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia (M.C. Ediciones, 2005).
- Editor Director of Revista de Arqueología (MC Ediciones, 2002), the most important publication of its genre in Spain.
- Director of the magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia (M.C. Ediciones, 1998). He carried out the change of format, readjusts of contents and image, since January 1999.
- Coordinator of the special numbers of magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia, Grandes enigmas de Europa y América, Pirámides del mundo, Grandes misterios de la Tierra, Misterios de Egipto, among others.
- Assistant director of the magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia (J.C. Ediciones, 1995–1998).
- International coordinator of magazine Año Cero (América Ibérica, 1994).
- Editor of magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia (Heptada, 1993).
- Co-founder of the magazine Año Cero (Hobby Press 1990).
Editorial
- Consultant of the collection Huellas Perdidas de Grijalbo Mondadori (2000–2001).
- Editor consultant of the collection Ediciones Martínez Roca (2001).
References
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External links
- {{official|http://english.javiersierra.com/}} (in English)
- [http://www.thesecretsupper.com The page of his novel La Cena Secreta]
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Category:Spanish male novelists
Category:Spanish television presenters
Category:Spanish historical novelists