Adrián Carbayales

Adrián Carbayales (born 1985 in Madrid) is a novelist in Asturian language associated with the generation of "L'Espardimientu".[1][2] He holds a degree in philosophy from the University of Oviedo.[3]

Carbayales became known for his novel La Regenta contra Drácula (La Regenta Versus Dracula).[4][5] This controversial novel confronts two iconic characters from Spanish and English literature in the late 19th century. It is one of the few Asturian works to reach a second edition and have a translation in Spanish.[6] According to a 2023 academic article in Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online, "it is arguably one of the most successful Asturian novels of the 21st century."[7]

In 2025, the second part of La Rexenta contra Drácula, titled La Rexenta contra Frankenstein, was published.[8]

Besides novels, Carbayales developed Tiempu de lleendes, the first fully Asturian-language video game.[9]

Works

Novels

  • La Rexenta contra Drácula (Ediciones Radagast, 2022, Asturian edition)[3]
  • La Regenta contra Drácula (Ediciones Radagast, 2022, Spanish edition)[10]
  • Fort Paniceiros: Una hestoria de la de mi'madre (Ediciones Radagast, 2022, collaborative work under pseudonym)[11]
  • L'horror de la viesca; Los Fugaos de Llamascura II (Orpheus Ediciones Clandestinas, 2023)[12]
  • Asturianada Mortal (Self-published, 2024)[13]
  • La Rexenta contra Frankenstein (Ediciones Radagast, 2025)[8]

Short stories

  • Los pirates del aire in the anthology L'horru de vapor (Ediciones Radagast, 2023)[14]
  • Fundió'l misteriu in the anthology L'horru máxicu (Ediciones Radagast, 2024)
  • Ganes de postre, part of the serial Enedina a Medianueche in A Quemarropa (Semana Negra de Gijón, 2024)[15]

Translations

Video games

  • Tiempu de lleendes (2022)[9]

References

  1. ^ García, María (12 March 2023). "Asturian literature lives its most fantastic moment". La Nueva España. Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Llega a les llibreries La Rexenta contra Frankenstein, de Adrián Carbayales". RTPA. Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Adrián Carbayales". Ediciones Radagast. Ediciones Radagast. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  4. ^ Europa Press (8 June 2022). "Una novela convierte a La Regenta en agente secreta que lucha contra Drácula". Europa Press. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  5. ^ Suárez, R. (7 June 2022). "La Rexenta, axente secreta, enfréntase a Drácula na nueva novela d'Adrián Carbayales". La Voz de Asturias. Vocento. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  6. ^ Fernández, Iván (21 July 2022). "La Regenta y Drácula se enfrentarán también en castellano". Nortes. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  7. ^ Álvarez Sancho, Isabel; Lamar Prieto, Covadonga; Menéndez Fernández, Claudia Elena; Villazón Valbuena, Miriam (2023), "Asturian: History, contemporary status, and overview of its linguistic and cultural characteristics", Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, doi:10.1515/lme.24006850, ISSN 2510-5361, OCLC 1162609559, retrieved 1 February 2026
  8. ^ a b García, Ana (7 May 2025). "Adrián Carbayales torna a Vetusta con una segunda novela". La Nueva España. Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Tiempu de Lleendes, el primer videojuego en asturiano". RTPA. Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias. 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  10. ^ "La Regenta contra Drácula". Ediciones Radagast. Ediciones Radagast. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Adrián Carbayales". Asturian Writers. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  12. ^ González, Álvaro (5 January 2024). "Misteriu y maquis con Adrián Carbayales". El Comercio. Vocento. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Asturianada Mortal es la última novela de Adrián Carbayales". RTPA. Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias. 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  14. ^ Calzón García, José Antonio (2025). "Steampunk approach in minority peninsular languages: L'horru de vapor" (PDF). Hélice (38). Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Ganes de postre". A Quemarropa. Semana Negra de Gijón. 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  16. ^ "Tradúzse Conan el Bárbaro al asturianu". La Voz de Asturias. Vocento. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  17. ^ "L'horror cósmicu fala n'asturianu cola Llamada de Cthulhu". La Voz de Asturias. Vocento. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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