Author´s books
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A History of Philosophy. No Reason for Fear or Trembling
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Fernando Savater
Fernando Savater (in San Sebastián, 1947) has degrees in Philosophy and Ethics. An essayist, journalist, novelist and playwright, he has published more than forty-five books, some of which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His best known works include La infancia recuperada, Ética para Amador, Diccionario filosófico and El valor de educar.
A prolific philosopher and writer, Fernando Savater is a well known Spanish intellectual. Amongst his vast body of work, the most recent titles are La hermandad de la Buena suerte, Premio Planeta 2008; La aventura de pensar (2008); Borges, la ironía de la metafísica (2008), and Los Diez mandamientos del siglo XXI (2004). His books for children include Ética para Amador.
Awards:
Fernando Savater has won numerous awards such as the National Prize for Essay, the Anagrama Prize, the Cuco Cerecedo Prize, given by the Association of European Journalists, and was a Planeta Prize finalist with his novel El jardín de las dudas, featuring Voltaire as a central character. As well as the 2008 Premio Planeta, he has received the Premio Concordia Fernando Abril Martorell (2002); the Premio Ortega y Gasset for journalism (2002); the Premio Euskadi de Plata (1999); the Premio Nacional de Ensayo (1982) for La tarea del héroe