Diego Moldes

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Diego Moldes
Diego Moldes París junio 2016.jpg
Born (1977-01-27) January 27, 1977 (age 44)
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
OccupationFilm historian, writer, critic
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid, University of Vigo
GenreEssay, film history, film criticism, narrative
Website
diegomoldes.com

Diego Moldes González (born 1977) is a Spanish writer, critic and film historian.

Biography[]

Born in Pontevedra, Diego Moldes has published eleven books of non-fiction, narrative and poetry. Among these are the historic novel Daydreaming, and cultural essays such as Vertigo´s Footprint (2004); Roman Polanski: The tormented fantasy (2005), the first book about Roman Polanski in Spanish; European Cinema: The Great Movies (2018); and Alejandro Jodorowsky (2012), a monography prefaced by Jodorowsky himself. Moldes is also the author of Venuspassion (2014), with and introduction by Luis Alberto de Cuenca, and Not One Day Without Poetry (2018), a poetry book.

In November 2019 he published his eleventh book, a lengthy essay: When Einstein Met Kafka. Contributions of the Jews to the Modern World (2019). The book is the result of twenty years of reading more than three hundred books and more than two thousand articles and documents, as well as the viewing of some two hundred documentary and fiction films.[1] The prestigious Catalan critic Toni Montesinos praised the book, calling it "great merit" and "formidable work". It also received positive reviews in other Spanish media such as Televisión Española,[2] El País,[3] La vanguardia,[4] ABC[5] or El mundo.[6]

Diego Moldes holds a degree in Advertising and PR from University of Vigo, a master in publishing (from Oxford Brookes University / Publish Editrain) and a PhD in information science (audio-visual communications) from the Complutense University of Madrid.

In 2000, he became a TVG presenter in Galicia: three years later, he moved toward marketing, advertising, and digital content in the cultural field, chiefly focusing on book, movies, music and comics. His connection to Judaism led him to collaborate with the Sefard-Israel Centre [7] and Raices: Revista judia de cultura (Roots: a Jewish Cultural Magazine). From 2015 to 2018, he served as direct-general of Hispanic-Jewish Foundation.[8] In 2015, he became president of the Fania Association, a group which combats antisemitism and supports cultural endeavours. In 2019, he became director of institutional relations of the Nebrija University and the Antonio de Nebrija Foundation. [9]

Published work[]

Narrative[]

  • Daydreaming[10] (Ensoñación, Ediciones Pigmalión, Madrid, 2012), novel.
  • Venuspassion[11] (Venuspasión, Notorious Ediciones, Madrid, 2014), essay, narrative, stories and poetry.

Poetry[]

  • Not One Day Without Poetry[12] (Ni un día sin poesía, Ed. Mueve tu lengua, Madrid, 2018), poems. Foreword by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Essay[]

  • When Einstein meet Kafka. Contributions of the Jews to the modern world (Cuando Einstein encontró a Kafka. Contribuciones de los judíos al mundo moderno, Barcelona, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2019). Foreword by Esther Bendahan.[13][14][15][16]

Film books[]

Diego Moldes (right) with Alejandro Jodorowsky
Diego Moldes (right) with Roman Polanski
  • Vertigo's footprint [17] (La huella de Vértigo, Ediciones JC, Madrid, 2004). Film Essay on the Influence of Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Roman Polanski. The fantasy of the tormented (Roman Polanski. La fantasía del atormentado, Ediciones JC, Madrid, 2005). Essay.[18]
  • European cinema. Great movies[19] (El cine europeo. Las grandes películas. Ediciones JC, Madrid, 2008). Essay on European Sound Cinema (1930-2007).
  • The manuscript found in Zaragoza. The novel of Jan Potocki adapted to the cinema by Wojciech Jerzy Has (El manuscrito encontrado en Zaragoza. La novela de Jan Potocki adaptada al cine por Wojciech Jerzy Has, Ediciones Calamar, Madrid, 2009).[20]
  • Alejandro Jodorowsky (Col. Signo e Imagen / Cineastas, Ediciones Cátedra, Madrid, 2012).[21][22][23] Monographic essay, foreword by A. Jodorowsky, 496 pages.

References[]

  1. ^ "StackPath". www.galaxiagutenberg.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ "La aventura del saber. Cuando Einstein encontró a Kafka - RTVE.es". 9 March 2020 – via www.rtve.es.
  3. ^ Morla, Jorge (11 February 2020). ""El antisemitismo goza de muy buena salud"". El País – via elpais.com.
  4. ^ "Los judíos, la ciencia, las bellas artes y el humor". 2 March 2021.
  5. ^ "La herencia judía en la base de nuestra civilización". abc. 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ "De Einstein y Kafka a Natalie Portman: los judíos que escaparon del gueto". ELMUNDO. 2 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Centro Sefarad-Israel - Inicio". www.casasefarad-israel.es.
  8. ^ "Conoce la Fundación Hispanojudía". Fundación Hispanojudía.
  9. ^ "Fundación Antonio de]".
  10. ^ "Ensoñación".
  11. ^ "Venuspasión – Notorious Ediciones".
  12. ^ "NI UN DÍA SIN POESÍA de Diego Moldes". Mueve tu lengua.
  13. ^ Toni Montesinos Jesús Ferrer, Ángeles López, Sagrario Fernández-Prieto (28 November 2019). "Los libros de la semana: La última novela de Antonio Lobo Antunes y la influencia judía en la cultura europea". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2019.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  14. ^ Morla, Jorge (11 February 2020). ""El antisemitismo goza de muy buena salud"". El Paais (in Spanish). El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  15. ^ Imparcial, El. "Diego Moldes desmenuza la cuestión judía". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  16. ^ "La palabra que crea el mundo". Zenda (in Spanish). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ Reseña de cine: Roman Polanski[dead link], Pablo Cepero, El País. 24 June 2010
  19. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ El laberinto fantástico de Jan Potocki, por Antón Castro, El Heraldo de Soria y El Heraldo de Aragón, 23 November 2009. [1][dead link]
  21. ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (12 October 2012). "Jodorowsky nunca descansa". El País – via elpais.com.
  22. ^ "Alejandro Jodorowsky - cine para leer". Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  23. ^ "Magazine - decine21.com - decine21.com". Decine21.
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