Jose Francisco Fernandez

José Francisco Fernández is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Almería. His most recent work focuses on the narrative of Samuel Beckett and his reception in Spain: Samuel Beckett en España (University of Valladolid, 2020). He has co-edited (with Nadia Louar) vol. 30 of Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd'hui (2018), devoted to the poetics of bilingualism in Samuel Beckett. He has also translated into Spanish three novels and three separate short stories by Samuel Beckett. His...See more

José Francisco Fernández is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Almería. His most recent work focuses on the narrative of Samuel Beckett and his reception in Spain: Samuel Beckett en España (University of Valladolid, 2020). He has co-edited (with Nadia Louar) vol. 30 of Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd'hui (2018), devoted to the poetics of bilingualism in Samuel Beckett. He has also translated into Spanish three novels and three separate short stories by Samuel Beckett. His translation of Stories and Texts for Nothing was awarded with the 2016 Best Translation Award given by the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies. He teaches Anglo-Irish literature in the Master's Degree in English Studies at the Spanish Distance Education University (UNED) and has been general editor of the journal Estudios Irlandeses . He has published articles on Beckett's work in a number of specialized journals, including the Journal of Beckett Studies, Journal of the Short Story in English, Babel, Anglia, AUMLA and Studi Irlandesi , among others. See less