Jorge Ordaz was born in Barcelona in 1946. He lives in Oviedo where he teaches petrology and geochemistry in the Depatment of Geology in Oviedo University. He is also a researcher in Instituto Universitario Feijoo del Siglo XVIII and founder member of Asociación de Escritores de Asturias.He has mainly published novels and short stories .Finalist of Herralde award (1985) with Prima Donna, and finalist of the Nadal award (1993) with La Perla del Oriente. He has also published and translated poems from British and American writers and poets. He has contributed in newspapesr such as La Nueva España, La Voz de Asturias, El Comercio and cultural magazines :Los Cuadernos del Norte, Ábaco, Pretexto, Letras Libres, Clarín . He has taken part in talks and literary meetings.
Books:
- Gabinete de Ciencias Asturales. (Along with Juan Luis Martínez).
KRK Ediciones, Oviedo, 2004.
- Prima Donna;. Editorial Anagrama. Barcelona,1986
- Las Confesiones de un Bibliófago. Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1989. .
- La Perla del Oriente. Ediciones Destino, Barcelona, 1993.
- Perdido Edén. Ediciones del Bronce, Barcelona, 1998. Edelvives, Colección Alandar Zaragoza, 2004
- Los Cuadernos del Bandolero, Gijón, 2002.
- El Cazador de Dinosaurios. KRK Ediciones, Oviedo, 2005.
Private editions :
- Celebración de la Impostura. Relatos. Oviedo, 1980.
- El tigre en reposo. Siete poemas de Frederic Prokosch.. Oviedo, 1999.
- Cuaderno de Manila.Barcelona, 2004.
- Melitensia. Oviedo, 2006.
- Conradiana. Oviedo, 2008.
Translation of poems of British and American writers:
- Rolf Jacobsen (Hora de Poesía, 1978)
- Kenneth Fearing (La última canana de Pancho Villa, 1999, 2000)
- Delmore Schwartz (Ultramar, 2000)
- Carl Rakosi (La última canana de Pancho Villa, 2001)
- Horace Gregory (Ultramar, 2003)
- Edward Abbey (La última canana de Pancho Villa, 2004)
- James Kirkup, David Ignatow, Muriel Rukeyser, Peter Viereck, Charles Reznikoff, - Gwendolyn Brooks (La última canana de Pancho Villa, 2006)
eBooks:
- Conradiana (Descarga disponible desde el blog: http://jorgeordaz.blogspot.com)
I REGRET TO TELL YOU THAT THERE WON´T BE A CHRISTMAS PARTY AS IT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED .IT´S GOING TO BE PUT OFF UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY.
NBA2/C
--Homework: workbook, p,19,20 and 21.
--Test: Grammar and listening ,unit 2.
--Listening: St.b.p29 . A true-false exercise where Rima, the girl from Lithuania is interviewed.
--Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs with Look. Look for, look after and look forward to. We did the fill in the blanks activity and an oral one using these verbs.
--Pronunciation: St. b. p. 29.Sentence stress with weak forms.
3B. The Pessimist Phrase Book.St.b.p.30. Will/won´t for predictions.Sentence completion with will and won´t.e.g.We´re having a party in the garden- It´ll rain. Grammar Bank on page 130 with the rules and exercises.
--Homework: workbook, p.22 and 23
NI2E
-- I collected some of the articles about Ascivitas and urged those who still haven´t done it to step on it.
--Tests: grammar and listening ,unit 2.
--Speaking: St.B.p.28. Quiz:Caffeine: Fact or Myth?. A pair work activity A:p.114, B:p.119.You took it in turns to back up your opinions about the topic.
--Vocabulary: adjectives + prepositions,e,g. keen on,fed up with,hooked on...
--Pronunciation: Stress of the sentences of the previous exercise.
--Homework: Students´book, page 29, the reading activity:Confessions of a Coffee Addict. Read the article and answetr the questions.