Diego Moldes

Diego Moldes
Born27 January 1977 (1977-01-27) (age 49)
OccupationFilm historian, writer, critic
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid, Pontevedra Campus
GenreEssay, film history, film criticism, narrative
Website
diegomoldes.com

Diego Moldes González is a Spanish writer, critic and film historian.

Biography

He was born in Pontevedra, Spain.

In November 2019, he published his eleventh book, which is a lengthy work: When Einstein Met Kafka. Contributions of the Jews to the Modern World.

Diego Moldes holds a degree in Advertising and PR from the Faculty of Communication of Pontevedra, 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.

In November 2023 he published his first book in the United States, the bilingual poetry collection Ni una poesía sin día - Not a Poem Without a Day (Artepoetica Press Inc., New York).[1]

Published work

In English

  • When Einstein Met Kafka. Jewish Contributions to the Modern World, translated and adapted by Capsuto Steven, Mandel Vilar Press, Simsbury, Connecticut, 2025.644 Pages. ISBN 978-1942134398
  • Not a Poem Without a Day, Artepoetica Press Inc., New York, 2023, bilingual collection of poems, 314 pp. ISBN 978-1952336256. Translated by Colleen Terry.[2]

In Spanish

Narrative

  • Daydreaming[3] (Ensoñación, Ediciones Pigmalión, Madrid, 2012), novel.
  • Venuspassion[4] (Venuspasión, Notorious Ediciones, Madrid, 2014), essay, narrative, stories and poetry.

Poetry

  • Not One Day Without Poetry[5] (Ni un día sin poesía, Ed. Mueve tu lengua, Madrid, 2018), poems, 200 pp. Foreword by Alejandro Jodorowsky.
  • Ni una poesía sin día - Not a Poem Without a Day (Artepoetica Press Inc., New York, 2023), bilingual collection of poems, 314 pp. ISBN 978-1952336256. Translated by Colleen Terry.[6]

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.[7][8][9][10]
  • En el vientre de la ballena. Ensayo sobre la cultura (In the Belly of the Whale. Essay on culture, Barcelona, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2022).
  • Antonio de Nebrija y su origen judeoconverso (Antonio de Nebrija and his Judeo-converso origin, Barcelona, Editorial Gedisa, 2023).

Film books

  • Vertigo's footprint [11] (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.[12]
  • European cinema. Great movies[13] (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).[14]
  • Alejandro Jodorowsky (Col. Signo e Imagen / Cineastas, Ediciones Cátedra, Madrid, 2012).[15][16][17] Monographic essay, foreword by A. Jodorowsky, 496 pages.

References

  1. ^ Moldes, Diego (31 October 2023). Ni Una Poesía Sin Día - Not a Poem Without a Day. ARTEPOETICA PRESS Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-952336-25-6.
  2. ^ Moldes, Diego (4 December 2023). "Cinco poemas de Ni una poesía sin día — Not a Poem Without a Day, de Diego Moldes". Zenda (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Ensoñación".
  4. ^ "Venuspasión – Notorious Ediciones".
  5. ^ "NI UN DÍA SIN POESÍA de Diego Moldes". Mueve tu lengua.
  6. ^ Moldes, Diego (4 December 2023). "Cinco poemas de Ni una poesía sin día — Not a Poem Without a Day, de Diego Moldes". Zenda (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Imparcial, El. "Diego Moldes desmenuza la cuestión judía". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  10. ^ "La palabra que crea el mundo". Zenda (in Spanish). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Diego Moldes analiza la estela de "Vértigo" en el cine". Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  12. ^ Reseña de cine: Roman Polanski, Pablo Cepero, El País. 24 June 2010
  13. ^ "Pépé le Moko - miradas de cine nº 89, agosto 2009". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  14. ^ El laberinto fantástico de Jan Potocki, por Antón Castro, El Heraldo de Soria y El Heraldo de Aragón, 23 November 2009. [1]
  15. ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (12 October 2012). "Jodorowsky nunca descansa". El País – via elpais.com.
  16. ^ "Alejandro Jodorowsky - cine para leer". Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  17. ^ "Magazine - decine21.com - decine21.com". Decine21.