Arturo Pérez-Reverte

What fascinates me about Arturo Pérez-Reverte is the rare pivot from twenty-one years as a war correspondent to becoming one of Spain's most beloved novelists. That lived experience of conflict bleeds into the Captain Alatriste adventures and The Club Dumas, giving his swashbuckling plots a weight that pure imagination rarely achieves. The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and the CWA International Dagger confirm his reach far beyond Spain. I admire writers who earn their authority in the field before earning it on the page, and Pérez-Reverte turns hard-won reporting instincts into pure, intelligent storytelling that respects the reader.

Name (English)

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Name (Japanese)

アルトゥーロ・ペレス＝レベルテ

Reading

あるとぅーろ・ぺれす＝れべるて

Born

November 25, 1951 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rabbit

Origin

Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain

Occupation

war correspondent / writer / editor-in-chief / reporter / television presenter

University

Complutense University of Madrid

Awards & achievements

• 2016 silver Medal of the Community of Madrid
• 2004 honorary doctorate of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena
• Latino Book Awards
• 2016 Don Quijote Journalism Prize
• 2005 Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge
• 1989 Cartagenero del Año
• 1993 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
• 2014 CWA International Dagger

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.perezreverte.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/perezreverte
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AC%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86

Tags

• Region of Murcia
• war correspondent
• writer
• editor-in-chief

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.